Oak Grove, IL is a small town located in the western part of Illinois. It is home to around 1,000 people who take great pride in their tight-knit community. The political landscape of Oak Grove is dominated by the Republican party, as evidenced by their voting records in the last few elections. At the local level, candidates are elected to serve on the Village Board and act as trustees, making decisions on behalf of the town and its people. Local candidates typically come from diverse backgrounds and hold a variety of ideologies, which makes for lively debate at board meetings. Overall, Oak Grove citizens value civic engagement and participation as they strive to keep their town safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Oak Grove, IL is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Grove, IL is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning 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.
Oak Grove, Illinois: D D 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 Oak Grove, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $21,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $158,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $525 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)