Roxana, IL is a small village located in Madison County with a population of 4,300. It is served by the Roxana Community Unit School District #1 and supported by the Village Board of Trustees. The Village Board consists of six elected officials who serve four year terms. This board sets policy for the village, including fiscal and budgetary issues. The current mayor, John Smith, has held office since 2015 and works closely with the Village Board to keep taxes low and improve public safety. He also works to support local businesses and ensure that all residents are represented in their government. The Village Board also appoints representatives to represent Roxana on other boards such as those related to planning, public works, economic development and more. Through these representatives, Roxana citizens have a voice in decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Roxana, IL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, IL 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.0%.
Madison county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roxana, IL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
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.
Roxana, Illinois: d d d 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 Roxana, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,711 contributions totaling $2,987,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $445 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,851 contributions totaling $468,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)