Williamsfield, IL is a small town in the northern part of the state. Despite its size, there is a strong political presence in the community. Residents are passionate about their local politics and regularly engage in contentious debates over various issues. The major political parties have strong footholds in Williamsfield, with both Democrats and Republicans actively representing their constituents. Local candidates running for office often have heated campaigns as residents battle for their preferred party’s representative to take control of the city council or other governing body. Although population numbers are not included here, it can be assumed that each side has passionate supporters who will fight diligently to ensure their chosen candidate wins the election.
The political climate in Williamsfield, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamsfield, IL is somewhat conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg Metro Area is leaning 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.
Williamsfield, Illinois: D d D D 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 Williamsfield, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $10,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $669 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)