Shawneetown is a small town in Illinois located along the Ohio River. It has a long history dating back to the 1700s, and was once known as the \"Gem of the Ohio\". Politically, Shawneetown is a solidly Democratic area, with most of its citizens favoring more progressive policies. The town currently has an elected mayor and six village trustees who are responsible for making decisions on local issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure and other quality-of-life measures. The mayor and village trustees serve four year terms and can be reelected by residents of the community. In addition to local government officials, Shawneetown also elects representatives to both houses of the Illinois legislature. These representatives work together to ensure that residents have access to adequate resources and services.
The political climate in Shawneetown, IL is strongly conservative.
Gallatin County, IL is very conservative. In Gallatin County, IL 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.3%.
Gallatin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shawneetown, IL is strongly conservative.
Gallatin 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.
Shawneetown, 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 Shawneetown, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $7,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,008 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)