The city of Genoa, IL is a small rural community located in DeKalb County. The city has a Mayor/Council form of government, and the current mayor is Kirk Slocum who has held office since 2017. There are five City Council members elected to represent different wards within the city. In addition to the local political candidates and their campaigns, various policies and initiatives are discussed by local representatives. Issues such as zoning regulations, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development goals, and other important topics are considered for the betterment of the community. Additionally, there are various volunteer organizations that provide social services such as food banks and youth outreach programs that actively engage with citizens on building a brighter future for Genoa's residents.
The political climate in Genoa, IL is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Genoa, IL is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very 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.
Genoa, Illinois: r r D d d d
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 Genoa, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,082 contributions totaling $28,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $9,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)