The small city of Geneseo, IL is a friendly and close-knit community. Politics in the area are driven by the people who live there and their strong sense of place. With local elections taking place every four years, people come together to decide who will best serve their needs as mayor, aldermen, council members, and other offices. People have the opportunity to attend town hall meetings and voice their opinions and concerns about government policies or initiatives that affect them. The town also holds various events throughout the year that focus on civic engagement, such as forums for candidates running for office or discussion panels to address different issues facing the community. All of these activities ensure that the politics of Geneseo remains focused on what its citizens really care about.
The political climate in Geneseo, IL is moderately 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
Geneseo, IL is moderately 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.
Geneseo, 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 Geneseo, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 303 contributions totaling $18,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 318 contributions totaling $60,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)