Jonesboro, IL is a small town located in the state of Illinois. It has a strong sense of community and local citizens take part in politics by attending meetings and voting for their chosen candidates. Despite its size, Jonesboro has several political offices that are actively held by local candidates from both major parties. There are currently three members of the City Council representing the community, all of whom are involved with different aspects of Jonesboro’s government. The Mayor holds an office that serves as the executive branch of government and oversees city operations. Additionally, there is a school board that works closely with the State Board of Education to ensure high-quality education for all students in the district. These representatives work together to ensure that Jonesboro remains a vibrant community by improving services and advocating for local citizens.
The political climate in Jonesboro, IL is moderately conservative.
Union County, IL is very conservative. In Union County, IL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jonesboro, IL is moderately conservative.
Union County, Illinois is very conservative.
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.
Jonesboro, Illinois: r R R 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 Jonesboro, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 472 contributions totaling $29,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $61,782 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)