North City, IL is a small town in the Midwest that has seen a lot of growth and change over the past few years. Although it is small in size, the politics in North City have been just as influential on local policy making and decision-making as those from larger cities. The city council is made up of seven locally elected representatives who are responsible for making laws, approving budget requests, and managing special projects. Each year, residents come together to elect their representatives and voice their opinion about the issues that affect them. Different political parties are represented in North City; these range from independents to Democrats to Republicans. While debates can be heated at times, residents are grateful for the opportunity to have their voices heard and make an impact on their community.
The political climate in North City, IL is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, IL is very conservative. In Franklin County, IL 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.5%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North City, IL is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
North City, Illinois: d 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 North City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 194 contributions totaling $10,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $23,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)