Politics in Paderborn, IL is an interesting topic due to the small size of the town. With a population of only 2,500 people, Paderborn is a tight-knit community whose citizens take an active role in local government. Citizens take part in voting for various initiatives and have elected multiple local political candidates over the years. The town is represented by two representatives in the Illinois House of Representatives and two senators in the Illinois Senate. In addition to state representatives, Paderborn also has a mayor and six council members who are elected every two years during general elections. This ensures that all city residents have a voice in their government and can ensure that decisions are made for the betterment of the community.
The political climate in Paderborn, IL is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paderborn, IL is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis 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.
Paderborn, Illinois: D D D D d d
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 Paderborn, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $25,496 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $78,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)