Hancock County is located in the western part of Illinois. Politically, the county is largely conservative, and mainly Republican-leaning. The Hancock County Board of Commissioners is responsible for enacting laws, regulations, and policies that govern the county. Elections for various positions on the Board of Commissioners take place every four years. The board works to ensure local government services are maintained and delivered to citizens in a timely manner. The board also works to promote economic development and create jobs within the county. They also strive to protect natural resources while providing adequate public safety measures throughout the county. The goal of the board is to provide a positive future for Hancock County's growing population.
The political climate in Hancock County, IL is very conservative.
In Hancock County, IL 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 24.6%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hancock County, IL is very conservative.
Fort Madison-Keokuk 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.
Hancock, 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 Hancock County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $6,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $33,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)