Lebanon, Illinois is a small city located in Saint Clair County. It has a population of around 9,800 people and is known for its strong sense of community. The city government is run by an elected mayor and four trustees who serve on the city council. The council sets the budget and makes decisions about city infrastructure and services. The mayor is responsible for ensuring that the city's laws are followed and works with the council to develop policies to benefit local residents. On the state level, Lebanon is represented by two senators in the Illinois General Assembly who vote on laws that affect all citizens in Illinois. At the federal level, it is represented by one House Representative who addresses issues impacting people across the country. Overall, politics in Lebanon works to create a safe and prosperous environment for its citizens.
The political climate in Lebanon, IL is leaning liberal.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lebanon, IL is leaning liberal.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $37,362 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $43,380 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)