The Jacksonville, IL Metro Area is a vibrant and bustling city with a rich history of political involvement. Although the city does not have its own local mayor or council, it does have representation in state and national politics. The city is represented in Congress by two U.S. Representatives from Illinois’s 19th Congressional District, currently Rodney L. Davis and Cheri Bustos, both Democrats. At the state level, Jacksonville sits in Illinois’ 18th State Senate District under Senator Jil Tracy and the 98th State House District under Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer, both Republicans. The local community is very engaged in politics at all levels and actively participates in debates over important issues such as public education, healthcare, and tax reform. Voters in this area are passionate about their beliefs and come out to support their chosen candidates during election season.
The political climate in Jacksonville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Jacksonville Metro Area 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Jacksonville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 31.5%.
The Jacksonville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jacksonville 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.
Jacksonville, 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 Jacksonville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $21,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 541 contributions totaling $301,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)