Adams County, IL is a thriving community with a great quality of life and a strong sense of civic pride. While the county does not have an elected government, it is represented by its State Representative and State Senator in the Illinois General Assembly. Both Representatives and Senators are committed to ensuring that the citizens of Adams County have access to all of their rights and privileges under state law. Furthermore, they work diligently to ensure that state legislation is fair and just for all residents. Additionally, both Representatives and Senators regularly host townhall meetings in order to keep their constituents informed on the latest developments regarding local politics. This helps the citizens of Adams County stay up-to-date on important issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Adams County, IL is very conservative.
In Adams County, IL 25.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.7%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adams County, IL is very conservative.
Quincy Metro Area 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.
Adams, 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 Adams County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 872 contributions totaling $92,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,033 contributions totaling $506,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)