Smithton, IL is a small town located in the midwestern United States. It has a rich history and is an important part of the state's political landscape. Smithton is home to many active members of both major political parties and celebrates open dialogue between its citizens. Local elections are held regularly in Smithton and the people take their civic duties seriously. The candidates for local office come from both major parties as well as independent contenders, making the election process interesting and diverse. Current issues being discussed center around health care, education, taxes, and infrastructure development. All citizens in Smithton can be assured that their voices will be heard when voting for their local representatives or when voicing opinions on current issues.
The political climate in Smithton, IL is leaning conservative.
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
Smithton, IL is leaning conservative.
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.
Smithton, 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 Smithton, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 982 contributions totaling $414,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 597 contributions totaling $137,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)