Toulon, IL is a small town in Stark County, located in central Illinois. It has a population of just under 1,500 residents and is known for its rural charm, peaceful atmosphere, and strong sense of community. Politically, the town leans conservative with most of its citizens voting Republican in local and national elections. Toulon is represented at the county level by Stark County Board members and sent to the state legislature by Representative Roger Eddy in the 99th District. The mayor of Toulon is currently Herbert Read and he was elected on a platform of fiscal responsibility and community engagement. The Town Council meets once a month to discuss issues affecting Toulon's future and all meetings are open to the public.
The political climate in Toulon, IL is strongly conservative.
Stark County, IL is very conservative. In Stark County, IL 28.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.2%.
Stark county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Toulon, IL is strongly conservative.
Stark County, Illinois is very conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Toulon, 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 Toulon, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $166 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $1,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)