Polo, IL is a small rural town located in northern Illinois, with a population of just over 1000 people. While the community is relatively small, the area has quite a bit of local politics. The Mayor and City Council are elected by the citizens of Polo every four years for a term of office. Additionally, the local school board is also voted on by citizens to decide budgeting issues for the town's two schools. There are also representatives in Congress and the General Assembly that serve Polo and other nearby towns. All these offices provide important leadership in making sure that the community remains safe and its residents have access to necessary resources.
The political climate in Polo, IL is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Polo, IL is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Polo, Illinois: R R r 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 Polo, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,870 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)