Summerfield, IL is a small town located in the midwestern United States. The town has a strong sense of community and civic involvement. Local politics in Summerfield largely revolves around finding ways to improve the quality of life for its residents. This includes initiatives such as making improvements to infrastructure, holding public forums on local issues, and advocating for better services from the county and state governments. There is also a focus on encouraging economic development that will bring more jobs and opportunities to the area. In recent years, new businesses have come into the area, which has helped to create an atmosphere of growth and optimism within Summerfield's political landscape. Residents often work together to form coalitions that can be used to lobby for change or address particular issues. Voting is strongly encouraged and resident participation in local elections is high.
The political climate in Summerfield, IL is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summerfield, IL is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Summerfield, Illinois: D D D D d d
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 Summerfield, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $5,603 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $8,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)