Massac County, Illinois is known for its active community participation in local politics. Political issues and candidates are discussed regularly in the various cities and towns that make up the county. Many of these campaigns center around improving economic opportunities, investing in infrastructure projects, and reducing taxes while guaranteeing essential services. Local leaders have also made strides to increase government transparency and openness by further engaging with citizens on important decisions. The county has been represented by a variety of political parties over the years, which include Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, Independents, and Green Party candidates. All of these parties strive to ensure that Massac County residents can remain informed on what their representatives are doing to improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Massac County, IL is very conservative.
In Massac County, IL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Massac county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 25.3%.
Massac county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Massac County, IL is very conservative.
Paducah Metro Area is very 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.
Massac, 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 Massac County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $4,238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $9,394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)