Oak Run, IL is a small town with a population of around 3,000 people. Although the town is small, the local politics are anything but insignificant. As Mayor, Bruce Anderson has been at the forefront of advocating for improved infrastructure and services. Additionally, the Town Council consists of hard-working individuals who remain committed to the betterment of their community. They prioritize maintaining strong relationships with citizens and providing quality services such as road maintenance and public safety initiatives. Political campaigns in Oak Run typically focus on issues that directly affect its citizens such as economic development opportunities and improvements to public transportation. With elections being held every four years, the citizens of Oak Run have an important responsibility in selecting candidates who will best represent their interests and ideals.
The political climate in Oak Run, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Run, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg 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.
Oak Run, Illinois: D d D D 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 Oak Run, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $2,388 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)