Vermilion County is located in east central Illinois and is home to a vibrant community with rich culture and history. It has several towns and villages including Danville, Tilton, Potomac, Catlin, Westville, Hoopeston, Bismarck and Rossville. The county seat is Danville. Politics in Vermilion County are overseen by the county board, made up of nine members elected at large from each of the county's nine districts. The Board formulates laws and enacts budgetary measures for the entire county. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, there are 12 representatives in the General Assembly which includes 8 members of the Illinois House of Representatives and 4 members in the Illinois Senate. Each political district has its own representative who works to promote issues important to their constituents. These representatives work hard to ensure that Vermilion County remains a prosperous region with access to quality education and health care services. Moreover, citizens have the opportunity to vote for local candidates in municipal elections held every four years for mayor or village president as well as other positions such as trustees for village boards or library districts.
The political climate in Vermilion County, IL is very conservative.
In Vermilion County, IL 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.6%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vermilion County, IL is very conservative.
Danville 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.
Vermilion, 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 Vermilion County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 647 contributions totaling $36,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 377 contributions totaling $77,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)