St. Augustine, IL is a small city in northern Illinois that is home to around 5,000 people. It has a long and illustrious history as well as a vibrant political landscape. The city has an active local government with six City Council members, who are elected into office by residents of the community in nonpartisan elections every four years. This elected body works with the Mayor to oversee the daily operations of the city, such as making decisions on zoning, budgets, and infrastructure projects. Additionally, St. Augustine has two representatives in state government: one representative in the Illinois House of Representatives and one senator in the Illinois State Senate who all work together to represent the interests of their constituents at both a local and state level. In addition to its local politics, St. Augustine also has voting precincts for national elections, ensuring that all citizens can have their voices heard when deciding who will be representing them on the broader political stage.
The political climate in St. Augustine, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Augustine, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg Metro Area is leaning 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.
St. Augustine, Illinois: D d 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 St. Augustine, 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 4 contributions totaling $160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)