Martinsville, IL is a small town located in Clark County and is governed by the Mayor-Council form of government. The current Mayor is Don Grotts, who was elected in 2019 and is serving his first term in office. The city council consists of six members, who are all elected to four-year terms in non-partisan elections. Together, they make decisions involving local regulations and ordinances that affect the citizens of Martinsville. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are several other positions within the local government that help shape the community, including the Municipal Clerk, Public Works Director, Fire Chief and Police Chief among others. All of these positions work together to ensure that Martinsville remains a safe and prosperous city for its residents.
The political climate in Martinsville, IL is strongly conservative.
Clark County, IL is very conservative. In Clark County, IL 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.8%.
Clark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martinsville, IL is strongly conservative.
Clark 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.
Martinsville, 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 Martinsville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $17,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)