Langleyville, Illinois is a small town with a population of just under 5,000 people. It is located in the heart of Macon County and has an active local politics scene. The town is represented by two city council members and a mayor, all of whom are elected to their positions every four years. Local elections are held on the first Tuesday in November of each year. Langleyville also has an annual Town Hall meeting where the Mayor and Council Members discuss relevant issues and vote on legislation that affects the entire community. Recently, the Town Hall meeting resulted in the passage of a new ordinance that requires businesses to have smoke-free policies to protect employees from second-hand smoke. This was widely viewed as both a health issue and an economic issue for Langleyville residents, as it provides them with cleaner air quality and safer working conditions. Additionally, public debates between different political candidates prior to major local elections help Langleyville residents better understand who they are voting for and what makes them unique from other potential candidates. Through these events, local citizens can educate themselves about their representatives’ values and beliefs so that they can make more informed decisions when casting their votes
The political climate in Langleyville, IL is strongly conservative.
Christian County, IL is very conservative. In Christian County, IL 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Langleyville, IL is strongly conservative.
Christian County, Illinois is very conservative.
Taylorville Metro Area 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.
Langleyville, 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 Langleyville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $15,355 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $82,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)