White City, IL is a small town located in the Midwest. It is governed by a city council which consists of five local representatives elected by the citizens. The council meets regularly to discuss and decide on various aspects of city life such as local taxes, public safety, infrastructure projects and other important matters. The current mayor of White City is Nancy Smith who was elected in 2021 and has been an active member of the council for several years. While the politics in White City are generally quite mellow, they often draw attention when important issues arise that need to be discussed or decided upon. Citizens take part in local elections to vote for their preferred candidates for each position and some of these elections have been known to draw large crowds. Ultimately, the politics in White City represent its strong sense of community and the importance it places on making sure everyone’s voices are heard.
The political climate in White City, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin County, IL is very conservative. In Macoupin County, IL 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macoupin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.1% to 30.6%.
Macoupin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White City, IL is strongly conservative.
Macoupin 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.
White City, Illinois: d r d 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 White City, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)