Hartford, IL is a small town in the northern part of Illinois. It has an estimated population of 896 people as of 2019. The city is run by a mayor-council government system and is led by Mayor David Brown. During election season, local candidates come forward to run for mayor and city council positions. Recently, there have been several candidates running for the office of mayor including Carl Isom, Dr. Bessielyn Smith and Peter Lago. Each candidate has unique ideas on how to improve Hartford and the surrounding communities. As citizens prepare to vote in November, they are looking forward to a strong showing from the political candidates in Hartford and making their decision on who will be leading their city for the next few years.
The political climate in Hartford, IL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, IL 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.0%.
Madison county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hartford, IL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hartford, Illinois: d d d r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hartford, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 567 contributions totaling $50,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $16,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)