The town of Orion, IL is a small rural community in the Midwest. The town has a strong sense of community and is governed by local elected officials. The mayor of the town is currently John Smith, who was elected in 2020. The town council consists of nine members that are elected every two years and work to ensure the town's well-being. Orion also has various committees that work to address local issues such as finance, public safety, zoning and economic development. As a small town, many of the residents have close ties with their local elected officials and take an active role in making sure their voices are heard. In addition to these roles, citizens also support candidates for statewide office such as Governors, State Representatives and Senators through donations and volunteer efforts. With the combination of a strong sense of community and active political involvement from the citizens of Orion, it creates an environment where politics is able to flourish within this small rural town in Illinois.
The political climate in Orion, IL is moderately conservative.
Henry County, IL is moderately conservative. In Henry County, IL 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.1%.
Henry county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orion, IL is moderately conservative.
Henry County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Orion, Illinois: d r 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 Orion, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $23,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)