Cass County, IL is a rural county located in west-central Illinois. It is home to several small towns and villages with a diverse population of around 13,000 people. The local government consists of the Board of Commissioners who are elected by the residents to manage county affairs. The board works collaboratively with other boards in the county such as the school board, park board, and library board to ensure that they are able to provide quality services for their citizens. There are also councils for each municipality within Cass County which work together to ensure that all communities have access to basic services and amenities. Additionally, an elected official acts as a mayor for each municipality to represent them on the county level. With so many different groups working together, there is a lot of political collaboration among all local leaders in Cass County.
The political climate in Cass County, IL is very conservative.
In Cass County, IL 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.3%.
Cass county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cass 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.
Cass, Illinois: r 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 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 Cass County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $6,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $22,291 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)