Woodford County, IL is a small community located in the heart of Illinois. It has a rich political history that has been shaped by local citizens for many years. The county maintains strong roots with the Democratic and Republican parties, but there have been increasing numbers of independents and third party candidates entering races as well. Local elections often draw large crowds as people come out to show their support for their preferred candidates. Issues like education, economic development, healthcare, and infrastructure are just some of the topics on which candidates focus their campaigns. Political activity in Woodford County remains strong and vibrant as citizens continue to be active participants in their local politics.
The political climate in Woodford County, IL is very conservative.
In Woodford County, IL 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woodford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.6%.
Woodford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodford 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.
Woodford, 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 Woodford County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 583 contributions totaling $30,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 536 contributions totaling $136,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)