The politics of Moultrie County, IL are defined by a commitment to the conservative values shared by the local residents. The County is part of Illinois' 15th Congressional District, which is currently represented by Republican John Shimkus. At the state level, Moultrie County is represented in the Illinois Senate by Republicans Dale Righter and Chapin Rose and in the House by Republicans Bill Mitchell and Brad Halbrook. Locally, there are a number of elected officials who serve on the county board as well as city councils for each municipality within Moultrie County. These officials work to ensure that the needs of their constituents are addressed through sound fiscal management and responsible government policies.
The political climate in Moultrie County, IL is very conservative.
In Moultrie County, IL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Moultrie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.6%.
Moultrie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moultrie County, IL is very conservative.
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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.
Moultrie, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Moultrie County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $19,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $12,353 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)