Steeleville is a small city located in the state of Illinois. While it's municipality may be small, the politics in Steeleville are bustling with activity. Every year, local politicians and candidates seek election for mayor or other positions such as alderman or councilman. These positions are held accountable to the citizens of Steeleville and each individual's voice matters. The active political scene provides an important platform for residents to address their public concerns and work together on issues that affect the city.
The political climate in Steeleville, IL is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, IL is very conservative. In Randolph County, IL 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Steeleville, IL is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, Illinois 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.
Steeleville, Illinois: r r r 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 Steeleville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $20 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)