Sandoval, IL is a small town located in Southern Illinois that is politically conservative. The town has been deeply divided on various political issues in recent years, with the majority of the population leaning towards right-wing positions. This includes topics such as gun control, abortion, education funding, and even healthcare reform. Despite this division in opinion, the people of Sandoval are unified in their commitment to local government and the rule of law. The town is represented by several elected officials who come from both sides of the aisle and work together to ensure their constituents' needs are met, while also taking into account citizen input before making important decisions. This includes holding regular town hall meetings to discuss issues facing the community and giving citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions on local matters. It's clear that politics play an important role in Sandoval, IL and its residents take pride in being able to remain open minded and civil when discussing these topics.
The political climate in Sandoval, IL is strongly conservative.
Marion County, IL is very conservative. In Marion County, IL 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.9%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandoval, IL is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Illinois is very conservative.
Centralia 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.
Sandoval, 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 Sandoval, 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 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)