Politics in Piatt County, IL are very important to the local community. Every year, people come together to make sure that their voices are heard and that the representation of their local government is fair and effective. The county is governed by a Board of Commissioners who are elected by the citizens of the county. These elected officials are responsible for making sure that all laws and regulations are followed, as well as determining budget allocations based on the needs of the county. Additionally, Piatt County also elects state representatives to represent them in larger government decisions such as legislation or budgets. Through these representatives, Piatt County citizens can make sure their views and opinions are taken into consideration when it comes to deciding what is best for them locally and how they will be affected by larger decisions made at a state level.
The political climate in Piatt County, IL is strongly conservative.
In Piatt County, IL 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Piatt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 33.8%.
Piatt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piatt County, IL is strongly 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.
Piatt, 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 Piatt County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 490 contributions totaling $48,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $94,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)