Flat Rock, IL is a small community located in the southwestern corner of the state. The town has a strong sense of local pride and community spirit, and its citizens are very engaged in local politics. Local issues are actively discussed at town meetings and debates between candidates for various offices often take place both online and in person. Residents of Flat Rock always make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that will shape the future of their community. Issues such as public safety, economic development, education, infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and social services are all important topics that local political candidates must be prepared to address. All of these challenges have a direct impact on the quality of life within Flat Rock's borders and residents take their responsibility of deciding who will represent them in office seriously.
The political climate in Flat Rock, IL is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, IL is very conservative. In Crawford County, IL 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.3%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Flat Rock, IL is strongly conservative.
Crawford 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.
Flat Rock, 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 Flat Rock, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $1,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)