Leaf River, IL is a small town located in Northern Illinois. It has a tight-knit community that values local politics and involvement from its citizens. The city government works to ensure the best for the citizens and create policies that will benefit all involved. Local elections are held regularly and involve many candidates from each political party vying for the votes of Leaf River's residents. Candidates often bring their ideas to the table to discuss how they can improve services and create a better standard of living for all citizens. Through active participation from its citizens, Leaf River continues to grow and show its dedication to improving policies through democratic processes.
The political climate in Leaf River, IL is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leaf River, IL is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Leaf River, 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 Leaf River, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $22 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)