Ford County, IL is a rural area located in the Midwest region of the United States. The population of Ford County is approximately 10,000 people. Despite its small size, Ford County has an active political scene with both local and state representatives serving in office. The county's representatives are committed to working with their constituents to make sure that their voices are heard on important issues such as education, healthcare, and economic development. Local campaigns have been successful in raising awareness on these issues and mobilizing voters to ensure that their concerns are addressed at the state level. Regardless of party affiliation or ideological leanings, Ford County's politicians have remained dedicated to ensuring that all citizens have access to fair representation on the local and state level.
The political climate in Ford County, IL is very conservative.
In Ford County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.2%.
Ford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ford County, IL is very conservative.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Ford, 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 Ford County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 337 contributions totaling $18,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $17,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)