Standard City, IL is a vibrant and diverse city with a population of over 100,000 citizens. It is home to various political organizations and elected officials who serve the local community. The city has an active political scene, with municipal elections held every four years to determine the mayor and other city council members. Community forums are often organized to provide residents with an opportunity to discuss the issues that affect them directly. Through these events, citizens can have their voices heard by their elected representatives in order to create meaningful change. Additionally, Standard City engages in larger conversations about state and national politics through participation in organizations such as the League of Women Voters which focuses on advocacy at all levels of government.
The political climate in Standard City, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Standard City, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, Illinois is very conservative.
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.
Standard City, Illinois: d 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 Standard City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 156 contributions totaling $15,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $8,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)