The politics in Urbana, IL are a vibrant and active part of the local community. Urbana is home to two city-wide elected officials: the Mayor and City Clerk. The Mayor is responsible for providing leadership and direction for the city, while the City Clerk ensures that all official records are kept and maintained. Both of these positions are elected by the people of Urbana, with elections held every four years. There are also four wards in Urbana, each represented by an alderman. These four aldermen work together to pass laws and ordinances that benefit their constituents as well as all citizens of the city of Urbana. Additionally, there are various other local offices up for election in Urbana such as County Board Representatives, Circuit Court Judges , State's Attorneys, and Coroners. All of these offices provide important services to their constituents, but require the citizens of Urbana to make informed decisions when voting for their representatives.
The political climate in Urbana, IL is moderately 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
Urbana, IL is moderately 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.
Urbana, 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 Urbana, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,804 contributions totaling $879,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 756 contributions totaling $566,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)