Sidell, Illinois is a small town in Vermillion County with a close-knit community of approximately 1,000 residents. The Town of Sidell has an active local government that is responsible for providing the citizens with essential services such as police and fire protection, sanitation services, water supply and maintenance of public roads. The town is also responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of all the local businesses in the town. In addition to these services, the town also participates actively in local politics. Every 4 years, the citizens of Sidell come together to elect a mayor who will lead the town’s administration and oversee its operations. Aside from the mayor, other positions up for election include four council members who form part of a working committee that makes decisions regarding conditions within the town limits. This past election saw Mayor Jim Smith win his third term in office while new faces were elected into council member positions. With their new leaders in place, the people of Sidell look forward to furthering progress and development as they continue to make their hometown a safe and enjoyable place to live.
The political climate in Sidell, IL is strongly conservative.
Vermilion County, IL is very conservative. In Vermilion County, IL 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.6%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sidell, IL is strongly conservative.
Vermilion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Danville 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.
Sidell, Illinois: r 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 Sidell, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)