The Rochelle, IL Metro Area is a diverse and vibrant community. It has a variety of political organizations, ranging from grassroots activist groups to established political parties. The city's politics are lively and often contentious, with debates about local issues regularly taking place in the city council meetings. As a result, the people of Rochelle have strong opinions on local issues such as taxation, public safety, and development. Additionally, the Metro Area is home to numerous federal and state representatives that work to ensure the citizens interests are represented at all levels of government. These representatives take part in activities such as meeting with constituents to hear their concerns and introducing legislation relevant to their area. With such an engaged population and active representatives, citizens of the Rochelle Metro Area can be sure that their voices are heard and taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions about important political matters.
The political climate in Rochelle Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Rochelle Metro Area 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Rochelle metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
The Rochelle metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rochelle Metro Area 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.
Rochelle, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Rochelle Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 792 contributions totaling $50,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $40,574 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)