Ivesdale, IL is a small town located in Champaign County in Central Illinois. The local politics of Ivesdale are largely influenced by its close proximity to the state capital of Springfield. As such, the residents of Ivesdale play an active role in state-level politics and often attend meetings and participate in debates over important issues that may affect their daily lives. The most popular political candidates within Ivesdale tend to align with either the Democratic or Republican Party, though there are also smaller independent candidates that have held office in the past. Despite not having any population information available, it can be assumed that the town of Ivesdale is moderately conservative due to its rural nature and the fact that it is a relatively small town with few resources. The residents take great pride in their local government and strive to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions regarding local policies.
The political climate in Ivesdale, IL is leaning conservative.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ivesdale, IL is leaning conservative.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Ivesdale, Illinois: d d D d D D
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 Ivesdale, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 323 contributions totaling $32,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 403 contributions totaling $87,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)