North Pekin, IL is a small town in central Illinois with a population of just over 5,000 people. It is the perfect example of a classic rural Midwestern community. North Pekin has a strong, tight-knit sense of community that comes from its small size and close-knit neighbors. Despite its small population, North Pekin has an active local political scene. Every year, local residents come out to vote in municipal elections for Mayor and village trustees who make decisions on behalf of the community. The election process is run fairly and efficiently, allowing citizens to have their voices heard. As such, North Pekin is an excellent example of how democracy works in action on the local level.
The political climate in North Pekin, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Pekin, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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 Pekin, 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 North Pekin, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 637 contributions totaling $27,391 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $65,637 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)