Shumway, IL is a small rural town located in the southwest corner of the state. At the local level, there are a number of elected positions including Mayor, City Council Members, and members of various boards. The current Mayor is Fred Johnson, who has been serving since 1999. He has been supported by members of the community and his tenure has helped to create a stable political atmosphere within Shumway. The City Council consists of five members that represent different wards within the city and they have worked to ensure policies are in place that benefit all residents. The boards in Shumway also include advisory positions on topics like health care and education which help guide policy decisions for the city. Despite its small size, Shumway has a strong sense of civic pride and participation in politics at all levels is encouraged so that everyone’s voice is heard regardless of their political affiliation.
The political climate in Shumway, IL is very conservative.
Effingham County, IL is very conservative. In Effingham County, IL 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Effingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Effingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shumway, IL is very conservative.
Effingham County, Illinois is very conservative.
Effingham Metro Area 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.
Shumway, Illinois: R R R 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 Shumway, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $3,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)