Wabash County, IL is located in the east central part of the state and has a population of over 11,000 people. In terms of its politics, Wabash county is represented by Republican representatives in both the Illinois House and Senate. Among these representatives are current State Representative Bill Mitchell and current State Senator Dale Righter. The two have worked together to introduce legislation that seeks to improve economic development throughout Wabash county, as well as introducing bills to provide better funding for education initiatives throughout the area. Additionally, both representatives have actively advocated for public safety measures in order to protect citizens from crime and other forms of harm. As such, Wabash County can be proud of the work their political leaders have done to ensure a safe and prosperous future for their community.
The political climate in Wabash County, IL is very conservative.
In Wabash County, IL 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabash county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 22.3%.
Wabash county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wabash 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.
Wabash, 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 Wabash County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $5,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $8,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)