Louisville, Illinois is a small rural town located in Clay County. It is home to about 1,000 people who are proud of their tight-knit community. While Louisville does not have any local political candidates, they do take part in the national and state elections. During presidential elections, Louisville typically votes Republican and has done so since 2004. For state elections, the citizens here usually vote for candidates that will help improve the lives of those living in rural communities. The residents of Louisville care deeply about their community and strive to make it a better place through voting for candidates that promise to address issues facing rural America.
The political climate in Louisville, IL is strongly conservative.
Clay County, IL is very conservative. In Clay County, IL 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.4%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louisville, IL is strongly conservative.
Clay 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.
Louisville, 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 Louisville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $4,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)