Newark, IL is a small village located in Lee County in central Illinois. Although it is a small community with a population of about 800 people, Newark has an active local government that works to ensure the safety and prosperity of the community. The village board currently consists of five trustees and a mayor who are all elected by the people of Newark every four years. The mayor presides over village board meetings and acts as the official representative of Newark at public events. The trustees make decisions on behalf of the village that help to shape its future and are responsible for enacting ordinances to maintain safety and order in the community. Additionally, there are several committees comprised of elected members from the community which work together to discuss issues pertaining to economic development, infrastructure, municipal services, and more. The local government works hard to continually improve Newark’s quality of life for residents by ensuring their needs are met in a timely manner.
The political climate in Newark, IL is somewhat conservative.
Kendall County, IL is leaning liberal. In Kendall County, IL 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kendall county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.7% to 45.9%.
Kendall county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newark, IL is somewhat conservative.
Kendall 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.
Newark, Illinois: R R d r r 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 Newark, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 282 contributions totaling $9,110 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)