Trenton, IL is a small town located in southwestern Illinois. The city has a population of approximately 2,400 people and is the county seat of Clinton County. Trenton is governed locally by a mayor-council system with the city council composed of seven elected members. Currently, Mayor Don Coulter and City Clerk Kenneth Williams serve as the city’s chief administrative officers. The city's government strives to promote economic development, maintain safe neighborhoods and provide quality services to its citizens. In addition to local government officials, Clinton County also has representatives in both the state senate and house for Trenton. They work together to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met while striving to make laws that benefit all residents of the county. Through their collective effort they strive to make Trenton a great place to live, work and play for its citizens.
The political climate in Trenton, IL is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, IL is very conservative. In Clinton County, IL 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.4%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trenton, IL is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Illinois is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning 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.
Trenton, 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 Trenton, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $5,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $8,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)