Mendota, IL is a small town in LaSalle County with a population of around 7,500 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and eight council members elected on an at-large basis. Mendota residents are largely conservative and vote for Republican candidates in local and national elections. The current mayor is Richard Pannier, who was re-elected to his fifth term in 2019. The other council members serve four year terms and are made up of representatives from all parts of the city. They work together to address community issues and make decisions about local issues by discussing and voting on proposed legislation. In recent years the Council has passed measures to improve infrastructure such as roads, parks, and recreational areas as well as to create jobs through economic development projects. The Council also works closely with local businesses to promote growth within the region.
The political climate in Mendota, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, IL is somewhat conservative. In LaSalle County, IL 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.8%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mendota, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Mendota, Illinois: d r D 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 Mendota, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $23,526 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $23,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)