Malta, IL is a small city located in DeKalb County, Illinois. It has an estimated population of 704 people according to the 2019 US Census Bureau estimates. The mayor of Malta, IL is Kathryn Knickerbocker who was elected to serve the area in 2017. Additionally, Malta is governed by 6 city council members that are elected every 4 years. Together they work to improve infrastructure, provide services and address quality of life issues for all citizens of Malta. Local elections are held biennially with numerous candidates vying for the positions on both the City Council and Mayor's Office in each election cycle. The local political environment strives to represent local interests while also allowing residents to have a voice in how their community is managed. All citizens are encouraged to participate in civic engagement opportunities in order to ensure Malta's continued success as a thriving city.
The political climate in Malta, 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
Malta, 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.
Malta, 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 Malta, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $2,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)