Teutopolis is a small town located in Effingham County, Illinois. The people of Teutopolis are highly engaged in politics and take pride in the importance of local candidates and political issues. The town strives to remain involved in order to ensure that their voices are heard and their concerns addressed. With a population just over 2,500 citizens, there is a great sense of community within the municipality as well as strong bonds between the local representatives and citizens. Local elections are incredibly important to Teutopolitans and they come out in droves to support their favored candidates. While the majority of Teutopolis residents affiliate with the Republican Party, there are plenty of Democrats who have made their mark on local politics as well. In short, the politics of Teutopolis are vibrant and engaging as citizens strive to ensure that their ideas and values are represented in their local government.
The political climate in Teutopolis, IL is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, IL is very conservative. In Effingham County, IL 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Effingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Effingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Teutopolis, IL is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, Illinois is very conservative.
Effingham Metro Area 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.
Teutopolis, 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 Teutopolis, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $5,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $151,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $831 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)