Lawrence, IL County is a vibrant and diverse community. The county is governed by its elected officials who serve in various roles to represent the needs of their constituents. The County Board of Commissioners, for instance, is comprised of five members who are responsible for overseeing the laws and regulations that keep Lawrence running smoothly. Additionally, the county has a County Executive who acts as the chief executive officer responsible for implementing county policies. On the state level, Lawrence County is represented by two State Senators and four State Representatives in the General Assembly. All of these local political candidates work to provide quality services and representation for their communities while advocating for issues important to them on both a local and state level.
The political climate in Lawrence County, IL is very conservative.
In Lawrence County, IL 22.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 22.1%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence 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.
Lawrence, 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 Lawrence County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $11,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)