Bureau Junction, IL is a small rural town located in northern Illinois. Its population is relatively small but its citizens are passionate about local politics. Bureau Junction is home to a variety of political parties and ideologies, making it an interesting place to study and engage in politics. Each election cycle brings new faces to the city's governing bodies, giving citizens the chance to vote for individuals who share their values and goals for the community. From local school board elections to city council races, hard-working candidates strive to represent their constituents and ensure that Bureau Junction remains a safe, vibrant place to live and work.
The political climate in Bureau Junction, IL is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, IL is moderately conservative. In Bureau 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, Bureau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.1%.
Bureau county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bureau Junction, IL is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Bureau Junction, 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 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 Bureau Junction, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $6,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $59,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)