Mill Creek is a small town located in Illinois with a population of around 5,000. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six trustees, who serve on the Mill Creek Town Council. Every two years, residents of the town can vote in local elections to determine who will serve on the Town Council. The Town Council regularly meets throughout the year to handle decisions related to public safety, infrastructure development, taxation policies, and more. In addition to making policy decisions for the town, members of the Town Council also take part in regional meetings with other towns and cities across Illinois. As such, they are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents when interacting with representatives from other parts of the state.
The political climate in Mill Creek, IL is strongly conservative.
Union County, IL is very conservative. In Union County, IL 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 29.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mill Creek, IL is strongly conservative.
Union 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.
Mill Creek, 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 Mill Creek, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $2,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $371 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)