New Berlin, IL is a small town located in central Illinois with a population of just over 5,000 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six board members who are each elected on a four-year basis. Local issues that the city government discusses and votes on include zoning regulations, school funding, street improvements, and local ordinances. Additionally, the city council works closely with state representatives to ensure that New Berlin receives its fair share of state funding and resources. Every election cycle residents of New Berlin have the opportunity to cast their vote for their preferred candidate for mayor or any of the board positions up for re-election. This allows citizens to take part in actively shaping the future of their community through voting for leaders they can trust to make important decisions that will benefit all residents of New Berlin.
The political climate in New Berlin, IL is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative. In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Berlin, IL is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
New Berlin, Illinois: R 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 New Berlin, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $7,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)