The city of East Dubuque, IL is located in Jo Daviess County and is governed by a mayor and six city council members. The mayor and council members are elected locally to serve four-year terms. As the government of the city, they work together to create policies and regulations that will benefit the community as a whole. They work closely with local businesses, organizations, citizens, and other levels of government to ensure that East Dubuque remains a vibrant and successful place to live. Through their collaborative efforts, the city continues to progress in areas such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure investment, educational opportunities, recreation amenities, and more. The people of East Dubuque can look forward to continued growth under the leadership of their leaders in local politics.
The political climate in East Dubuque, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, IL is moderately conservative. In Jo Daviess County, IL 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jo Daviess county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.8%.
Jo Daviess county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Dubuque, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess 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.
East Dubuque, Illinois: r 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 East Dubuque, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)