Millstadt, IL is a small village in Southern Illinois that values the local political candidates who serve in their community. The village has had a long history of citizens engaging in politics and encouraging civic participation. Local politicians have been known to be active in the community, interacting with the citizens of Millstadt and advocating for meaningful change. The local politicians are held accountable by the residents and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard, as well as working to make sure that the town remains safe and prosperous. Overall, Millstadt’s political climate is one where citizens care about their representation in government and actively take part in the political process.
The political climate in Millstadt, IL is leaning conservative.
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
Millstadt, IL is leaning conservative.
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.
Millstadt, 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 Millstadt, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,551 contributions totaling $720,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $78,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)