Menominee, IL is located in Winnebago County and is an active part of Illinois politics. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, village trustee, and clerk. The town has a strong sense of community pride and actively encourages its citizens to get involved in local politics by attending meetings, voting in elections, and engaging with their representatives on issues that affect the town. There are many political organizations that operate in Menominee, IL including the Democratic Party and Republican Party as well as smaller parties like the Green Party. In addition to providing a voice for citizens at the city level, these organizations strive to make sure that all Menominee residents have access to fair representation on the state and national level. By engaging with their elected officials, people living in Menominee are able to shape their future by having a say in the political process.
The political climate in Menominee, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, IL is moderately conservative. In Jo Daviess County, IL 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jo Daviess county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.8%.
Jo Daviess county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Menominee, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Menominee, Illinois: r 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 Menominee, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,935 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)