Okawville, IL is a small town located in southern Illinois. It has a population of about 1,500 and has been around since 1845. The town is run by an elected Board of Trustees who make decisions on behalf of the citizens. Each Board Member serves for two-year terms and elections are held every two years. The town also holds regular Town Council meetings that are open to the public where local issues can be discussed. Local political candidates must be members of one of the major parties in order to run for office. The most recent election was held last year and incumbents were reelected to their positions on the board and council. Okawville is known for its strong support of the local community and its commitment to making sure all residents get a fair chance at success.
The political climate in Okawville, IL is strongly conservative.
Washington County, IL is very conservative. In Washington County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 20.7%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Okawville, IL is strongly conservative.
Washington 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.
Okawville, 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 Okawville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,156 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,801 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)