Danville, IL 61834 is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The local politics of the area are largely driven by the citizens of Danville, who regularly participate in elections for city council members, school board directors, and other elected officials. There are multiple political organizations in the area including both Democratic and Republican party groups who work to ensure their members’ voices are heard in local elections. While there is no one candidate or party that stands out as the most popular in Danville, residents are passionate about their beliefs and take pride in exercising their right to vote. A number of issues such as education, business growth, job opportunities, and public safety are important topics for many of the citizens in this town. The politics of Danville will continue to be shaped by its residents for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 61834 (Danville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Vermilion County, IL is very conservative. In Vermilion County, IL 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.5% to 32.6%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61834 (Danville, IL) is strongly conservative.
Danville, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Vermilion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Danville 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.
Danville, Illinois: r R d 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 zip 61834 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $11,599 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $11,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)