Christian, IL County is a vibrant community with strong political values. The local government works to ensure citizens have access to resources and services they need. They work together to provide financial assistance for those in need and advocate for social reforms that benefit the entire county. Local politicians are focused on improving infrastructure, creating jobs, and developing new ways to make life easier for people living in the area. They strive to create a better future for all of Christian, IL County's citizens and businesses.
The political climate in Christian County, IL is very conservative.
In Christian County, IL 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 26.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Christian County, IL is very conservative.
Taylorville 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.
Christian, 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 Christian County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $30,851 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 473 contributions totaling $118,784 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)