Vienna, IL is located in Johnson County and is home to a vibrant community of nearly 2,000 people. It is an important part of the local political landscape in Southern Illinois, as it provides residents with access to state and local government services. The city council consists of five members who are elected at-large by the citizens of Vienna. The mayor is also elected at-large and serves as the chief executive for the municipality. Local candidates for office run on platforms that typically include topics such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure investments, and education initiatives. In recent years, Vienna has seen an increase in voter participation thanks to a growing sense of civic engagement among its residents. As a result, Vienna remains an important part of Southern Illinois’ political landscape and will continue to be so for many years to come.
The political climate in Vienna, IL is strongly conservative.
Johnson County, IL is very conservative. In Johnson County, IL 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.4% to 19.9%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vienna, IL is strongly conservative.
Johnson 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.
Vienna, 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 Vienna, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $25,712 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $15,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)