Brown, IL County is home to an active and engaged political scene. From local elections for sheriff and county board members to state representatives and senators in the Illinois General Assembly, Brown County’s citizens are actively involved in politics at all levels. The county has several political clubs and organizations that engage in lively debates about candidates and issues. They also participate in various activities such as voter registration drives, fundraising events, and public forums. Every election cycle brings new faces to the ballot box–both incumbents and challengers. Regardless of their party affiliation, Brown County citizens strive to make informed decisions when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in Brown County, IL is very conservative.
In Brown County, IL 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.5% to 19.2%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brown 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.
Brown, 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 Brown County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $9,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)