Kewanee, IL is a small city located in Henry County in the midwest. It has a dynamic local political landscape that has seen recent changes and continues to evolve. In the last few years, Kewanee residents have seen new initiatives put into place that focus on economic growth, job creation and improvements to public infrastructure. Recent elections have featured candidates who are committed to addressing the needs of the community with innovative solutions. With an eye towards the future, Kewanee's leaders are striving to create positive change in order to ensure a bright future for their citizens.
The political climate in Kewanee, IL is somewhat conservative.
Henry County, IL is moderately conservative. In Henry County, IL 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.1%.
Henry county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kewanee, IL is somewhat conservative.
Henry County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Kewanee, Illinois: d r d d 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 Kewanee, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $21,874 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $7,282 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)