White, IL County is a rural area in the Midwest. Political representation for the county is provided by members of the state house and senate, as well as one representative in congress. Politically, White County tends to lean conservative. In recent years, Republicans have been elected to lead the local government, and many of the state and federal representatives are also from this party. Local political candidates focus on issues such as economic growth and job creation, education reform, infrastructure improvement, and health care access. The community also emphasizes cultural preservation and community involvement through volunteer work and civic engagement initiatives. As such, candidates often espouse values that reflect these priorities over partisan interests.
The political climate in White County, IL is very conservative.
In White County, IL 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.4%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White 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.
White, 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 White County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $7,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $17,187 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)