Sangamon County, IL is a county located in central Illinois and is home to a diverse political environment. The county is composed of several cities and townships that are represented by a wide array of elected officials. These leaders represent the local population from all political backgrounds and strive to ensure that the county's interests are being served effectively. In recent years, Sangamon County has seen an increase in both Republican and Democrat candidates for local offices. Election campaigns offer the citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions on important issues facing the county such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and education policy. Local debates between opposing candidates help inform the public of each candidate's views on the issues that matter most to them. With each election cycle providing insight into the current state of politics in Sangamon County, citizens can rest assured that their voices will continue to be heard at the polls!
The political climate in Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative.
In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sangamon, Illinois: R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Sangamon County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,726 contributions totaling $1,651,459 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,849 contributions totaling $794,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)