Marseilles, IL is a small city located in LaSalle County in Northern Illinois. While the city does not hold any independent political offices, it does take part in the national and statewide elections. In recent years, Marseilles has seen candidates from both major parties vying for local representation in the county and state government. Voters of Marseilles have voiced important issues such as education, healthcare, infrastructure and economic growth during elections. The city of Marseilles also takes part in other forms of civic engagement such as participating in town hall meetings, attending public forums with local politicians and volunteering with nonprofit organizations to work on community-wide projects that benefit everyone.
The political climate in Marseilles, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, IL is somewhat conservative. In LaSalle County, IL 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.8%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marseilles, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Marseilles, Illinois: d r D 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 Marseilles, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 195 contributions totaling $9,615 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $8,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)