Fayette County is located in the state of Illinois. The county has a rich political history, and it holds a variety of offices at the local and state level. Local politics in Fayette County are often driven by issues such as education, rural development, and economic development. The county is represented by several state representatives in Springfield, including Democrat Blaine Wilhour and Republican Dave Severin. At the local level, there are numerous precinct committeemen that work to ensure that all voices in the county have a seat at the table during decision-making processes. Numerous political events are hosted throughout Fayette County each year, ranging from town hall meetings to campaign debates between candidates for office.
The political climate in Fayette County, IL is very conservative.
In Fayette County, IL 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 18.1%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette 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.
Fayette, 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 Fayette County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $3,490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $20,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)