Savannah, IL is a small town located in Scott County with an estimated population of around 1,200 people. It prides itself on being a tight-knit community and has a number of elected officials that help to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. The Mayor of Savannah is Rylie Jackson, who has been in office since 2016. The City Council consists of seven members including the mayor; they are responsible for passing ordinances and resolutions to improve the city. The City Clerk is Karen Eubanks, who handles all government records and maintains the city’s website. Other important players include local Police Chief Lawrence Smith and Fire Chief Kelly Johnson who keep everyone safe while living in Savannah. As a whole, Savannah remains committed to providing its citizens with an ideal quality of life both now and into the future.
The political climate in Savanna, IL is somewhat conservative.
Carroll County, IL is strongly conservative. In Carroll County, IL 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.2%.
Carroll county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Savanna, IL is somewhat conservative.
Carroll County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Savanna, Illinois: R R d d 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 Savanna, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $12,037 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $22,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)