Nilwood Town, IL is a bustling town with a vibrant political culture. The town is filled with passionate and engaged citizens who are committed to making sure their voices are heard when it comes to local politics. Every election cycle, local candidates representing various political philosophies come forward to compete for the votes of the people of Nilwood Town. From Democrats to Republicans, from Libertarians to Socialists, local politicians make sure their views are represented in the town’s legislative body. While politics can get contentious at times, Nilwood Town remains an example of how differing political parties can still work together for the betterment of the community.
The political climate in Nilwood, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nilwood, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, Illinois is very conservative.
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.
Nilwood, 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 Nilwood, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $19,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $7,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)