Sauget, IL is a small incorporated village located in St. Clair County and is part of the Metro East region of the Greater St. Louis area. Although the village has no population of its own, it is surrounded by several larger cities such as East St. Louis, Centreville, and National Stock Yards. The political landscape in Sauget consists of local elections for mayor, clerk treasurer, attorney general and all seven aldermen seats – two from each ward – with citizens voting to elect new officials every four years. Political candidates must be registered voters within the village boundaries and can run for office if they are 21 years or older. With a relatively small population living in Sauget, local politics have typically revolved around preserving the identity of the village while making sure that taxes remain low. Recent initiatives by elected officials include improvements to local infrastructure such as roads and street lights as well as approval of long-term contracts with waste management companies to ensure timely removal of trash from residential neighborhoods.
The political climate in Sauget, IL is somewhat liberal.
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
Sauget, IL is somewhat liberal.
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.
Sauget, 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 Sauget, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $13,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $12,526 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $835 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)