Gallatin County, Illinois is a small community located in the central part of the state. It is home to a population of just over 15,000 people and covers an area of about 453 square miles. The county seat is Shawneetown, and the county government consists of elected officials from several townships across the county. The County Board is composed of five elected board members who oversee the day-to-day operations and activities within the county. In recent years, local politics has been centered around issues such as infrastructure improvements, public education reform, property tax reform, and economic development initiatives. Local candidates running for office typically focus on these issues during their campaigns in order to make a difference for their constituents in Gallatin County.
The political climate in Gallatin County, IL is very conservative.
In Gallatin County, IL 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallatin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.3%.
Gallatin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gallatin 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.
Gallatin, Illinois: d 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 Gallatin County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $14,805 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $75,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,778 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)