The Effingham, IL Metro Area is an area that places a strong emphasis on politics and governing decisions. There are many elected officials within the region that work hard to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met and that the community remains safe and prosperous. These officials include the mayor, city council members, county supervisors, school board members, state representatives, and U.S. congressional representatives who represent their districts in Washington D.C. They all work to create laws and regulations that affect the metro area and support its growth. Furthermore, there are many organizations working to civic engagement initiatives to get the residents of Effingham involved in local politics and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to decisions being made for the community.
The political climate in Effingham Metro Area is very conservative.
In Effingham Metro Area 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Effingham metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
The Effingham metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Effingham 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.
Effingham, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Effingham Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $19,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 399 contributions totaling $224,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $561 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)