Marshall County, IL is an important political hub in the Midwest region. It is home to several different local government offices and boards that are responsible for taking care of its citizens and making sure their needs are met. There are also numerous state representatives that represent Marshall County in both the Illinois House and Senate. Additionally, there are a number of political action committees and organizations in the county that are actively involved in various civic activities such as fundraising events, voter campaigns, and other community initiatives. As far as local politics goes, Marshall County is a great place to get involved and make your voice heard on important issues facing our society today.
The political climate in Marshall County, IL is very conservative.
In Marshall County, IL 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 31.6%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marshall County, IL is very conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Marshall, 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 Marshall County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,337 contributions totaling $31,286 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $53,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $497 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)