Witt, IL is a small rural town located in Montgomery County. It has a population of approximately 4,000 people and is known for its quaint downtown area. Despite its small size, Witt has an active political scene with a number of local parties and initiatives vying for attention from the community. The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the most prominent political organizations in the town, but there are also smaller local groups such as the Green Party and Independents focused on specific issues like environmentalism or public safety. Local candidates also regularly appear on ballots for positions like mayor or city council representative. Recently, Witt saw an election cycle where several new candidates entered the race for mayor, stirring up a heated debate over important topics like taxation and infrastructure spending. As this debate continues to unfold, Witt residents can expect to stay informed about their community politics and make their voices heard by supporting or opposing local candidates and initiatives.
The political climate in Witt, IL is strongly conservative.
Montgomery County, IL is very conservative. In Montgomery County, IL 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.4%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Witt, IL is strongly conservative.
Montgomery 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.
Witt, 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 Witt, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $10,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)