Olmsted, IL is a small town located in the Midwest. It is home to approximately 700 people and local businesses which are the backbone of the community. The town is governed by a mayor and four-member city council who work together to make decisions that best serve the Olmsted's citizens. Every year, local residents have the opportunity to get involved in politics by voting for their city's political candidates. There are usually two or three candidates running for each elected seat on the city council, so locals have the chance to choose representatives who they feel will act in their interests. Additionally, all registered voters can cast a ballot for mayor every four years. Political debates, forums and public meetings are typically held throughout Olmsted in order to give citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions on matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in Olmsted, IL is strongly conservative.
Pulaski County, IL is strongly conservative. In Pulaski County, IL 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.9%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Olmsted, IL is strongly conservative.
Pulaski County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Olmsted, Illinois: d 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 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 Olmsted, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)