McDonough, IL County is located in West Central Illinois and is part of McDonough County. The county offers a wide range of political representation, from local to national levels. At the local level, the county has several elected officials who serve on the board of supervisors, as well as members of the city council. These elected representatives focus their efforts on issues that are important to their constituents such as public safety and infrastructure. The county is also home to a number of different political parties, allowing residents to have a variety of voices in local politics. Additionally, McDonough County offers its citizens a number of opportunities to get involved in politics through volunteering or by running for office. Through these activities, citizens can help shape the future of their community and ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions.
The political climate in McDonough County, IL is moderately conservative.
In McDonough County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDonough county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
McDonough county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McDonough County, IL is moderately conservative.
Macomb Metro Area is moderately 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.
McDonough, 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 McDonough County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,365 contributions totaling $91,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $47,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)