Royal Lakes, IL is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. It is governed by a mayor-council system and has a population of just over 4000 people. The town council consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms, and the mayor is elected to a two-year term. In recent years, elections have been focused on issues such as economic development, taxes, and public health care. Candidates from both major political parties have championed their views on these topics while also focusing on local concerns like better roads and infrastructure improvements. The elections are always hotly contested with passionate speeches made by both sides for the benefit of the community. With so much at stake each election year, Royal Lakes residents always take their civic duty seriously and make sure they vote for candidates that best represent their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Royal Lakes, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Royal Lakes, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, Illinois is very 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.
Royal Lakes, Illinois: d r 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 Royal Lakes, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 129 contributions totaling $1,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)