St. David, IL is a small town located in the rural Midwest. With a population of around 2,500 people, the town has a government that reflects its size and traditional values. The local community is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members who are voted on every two years during municipal elections. The local politicians strive to ensure that St. David remains a safe and welcoming place for families and individuals to live while also developing and maintaining infrastructure for the town’s growth. Furthermore, the elected officials look to improve business development within St. David, ensuring locals have job opportunities close to home and that visitors can easily access goods and services they need without having to leave the area.
The political climate in St. David, IL is somewhat conservative.
Fulton County, IL is moderately conservative. In Fulton County, IL 38.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.0% to 38.9%.
Fulton county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. David, IL is somewhat conservative.
Fulton County, Illinois is moderately 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. David, 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. David, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 421 contributions totaling $21,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $12,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)