West Frankfort, IL is a city located in Franklin County, Illinois. It is home to many small businesses and has a population of 8,192. While there are no local political candidates running for office in West Frankfort, the residents of this city have strong opinions about politics at the local, state, and national levels. Political issues such as taxes, education, health care, and jobs are discussed frequently in this community. The citizens of West Frankfort take their civic responsibility seriously and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard when it comes to major decisions affecting their lives and their city.
The political climate in West Frankfort, IL is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, IL is very conservative. In Franklin County, IL 25.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.0% to 25.5%.
Franklin county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Frankfort, IL is moderately conservative.
Franklin 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.
West Frankfort, Illinois: d 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 West Frankfort, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 376 contributions totaling $32,270 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $621,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,918 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)