Tolono, IL is a small town located in eastern Illinois, and it's part of Champaign County. The town is known for its focus on small-town values and its close-knit community. Politics in Tolono focus on local issues that have an impact on the people living in the area. Residents of Tolono take pride in their local leaders and politicians, who are always working to ensure that their town remains a great place to live and work. Local political candidates strive to make sure that the citizens of Tolono are represented at all levels of government, from city hall to state legislature. Issues like education reform, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection are all important topics for local politicians seeking to serve the people of Tolono.
The political climate in Tolono, IL is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tolono, IL is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Tolono, Illinois: d d D d D D
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 Tolono, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $2,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $19,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $685 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)