Politics in Lawrenceville, IL are largely influenced by local government and the issues facing the city. The City of Lawrenceville has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and six council members elected from wards. The Mayor serves a four-year term and is responsible for overseeing all departments within the city, including police, fire, public works, finance, and more. Through careful oversight, they keep taxes low while still providing essential services such as water and sewage to residents. Local elections bring out many candidates every year who are eager to tackle the challenges that face Lawrenceville. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, education reform and environmental protection remain top priorities for local politicians. Residents of Lawrenceville take an active role in their city's politics by attending town hall meetings and voting in elections to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to making important decisions about their community's future.
The political climate in Lawrenceville, IL is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, IL is very conservative. In Lawrence County, IL 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 22.1%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrenceville, IL is moderately conservative.
Lawrence 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.
Lawrenceville, 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 Lawrenceville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $2,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)