Pontiac, IL is a small city located in Livingston County and its government consists of a mayor and a city Council. The mayor serves as the chief executive officer of the municipality and is elected to an at-large four year position, with the City Council serving as the legislative body. The City Council consists of seven members, each representing their own ward. Currently the Mayor of Pontiac, IL is Bob Russell and there are seven council members: Tom Osterberger, Richard Anderson, Charles Reeser, Justin Moseley, Pat Finney, Kelly Bowersox and Wayne Corp. Together these individuals work together on important issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development initiatives that help make Pontiac a great place to live. Additionally they strive to keep taxes low while still providing essential services for citizens.
The political climate in Pontiac, IL is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, IL is very conservative. In Livingston County, IL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 26.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pontiac, IL is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Illinois is very conservative.
Pontiac 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.
Pontiac, 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 Pontiac, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $7,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $11,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)