Tower Hill, IL is a small town located in the central part of the state. Although it is a small community, the town has an active local government that works to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. Local politics in Tower Hill are typically dominated by issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, and job creation. The city council works diligently to come up with solutions to these problems in order to improve life for all residents. There are several local political candidates vying for office every election cycle, each offering their own unique perspectives on what changes need to be made in order to better serve the citizens of Tower Hill. From school board elections to city council races, local politics are always a lively topic in Tower Hill.
The political climate in Tower Hill, IL is strongly conservative.
Shelby County, IL is very conservative. In Shelby County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tower Hill, IL is strongly conservative.
Shelby 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.
Tower Hill, 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 Tower Hill, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 871 contributions totaling $14,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)