Raleigh, IL is a small town located in the southern part of the state. It has a long history of strong political involvement at the local level. The town holds regular elections for mayor and city council positions, which are typically contested by several candidates from both major parties. Additionally, there are a variety of other local offices such as school board trustees and village trustees that citizens can vote on. Elections are an important part of living in Raleigh, IL and all citizens are encouraged to participate. Every election cycle brings plenty of excitement as residents come together to listen to candidate speeches, discuss issues, and cast their votes in order to shape the future for their community.
The political climate in Raleigh, IL is very conservative.
Saline County, IL is very conservative. In Saline County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Raleigh, IL is very conservative.
Saline 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.
Raleigh, 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 Raleigh, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $48,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $304,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,926 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)