Carrier Mills, IL is a small village in southern Illinois. It is home to approximately 1,500 residents who are proud of their town and its rich heritage. The local politics of Carrier Mills are managed by a five-member Board of Trustees elected to four-year terms. These trustees meet regularly to discuss matters such as budget proposals, ordinances, and other issues that affect the community. In addition to the trustees, there is also an elected mayor who serves as the village's chief executive officer and is responsible for overseeing all operations and activities in the village. The mayor works closely with the Board of Trustees, as well as various other organizations and individuals within the community to ensure that all policies are implemented properly. Additionally, there are several committees which focus on specific topics relevant to Carrier Mills, enabling residents to be involved in local government decisions that affect them directly.
The political climate in Carrier Mills, IL is moderately 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
Carrier Mills, IL is moderately conservative.
Saline County, Illinois 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.
Carrier Mills, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Carrier Mills, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,408 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $31,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $655 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)