Raleigh, IL is a small town located in Johnson County with an estimated population of 62977. The town holds local elections every two years for various elected offices such as Mayor, City Council, and School Board. Currently, the Mayor is Troy Rueter and the City Council consists of five members. Raleigh also has several school board members who work on behalf of students to promote educational excellence and ensure a safe learning environment. These political leaders are dedicated to protecting the rights and needs of citizens while providing necessary services and working on issues that will benefit the community as a whole. In their efforts, they strive to keep taxes low, maintain a healthy economy, provide access to quality healthcare, improve infrastructure, reduce crime rates, and promote sustainable growth.
The political climate in Zip 62977 (Raleigh, IL) is very conservative.
Saline County, IL is very conservative. In Saline County, IL 25.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.2%.
Saline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62977 (Raleigh, IL) is very conservative.
Raleigh, Illinois is very conservative.
Saline County, Illinois 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.
Raleigh, 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 zip 62977 (Raleigh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $25,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)