Rock Falls, IL is a small town located in northwestern Illinois. The town has a Mayor-Council form of government with the Mayor serving as the chief executive and the City Council being responsible for enacting laws and ordinances. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2020 after having served on the City Council since 2017. Joe Smith has worked to ensure that Rock Falls remains a safe and friendly place to live. He has also worked to bring more economic development to the city by encouraging new businesses to open up shop and creating incentives for existing businesses to expand their operations. On the City Council, there are five council members who are elected by their constituents every four years. Together they work together to ensure that Rock Falls remains an inviting place for its citizens and visitors alike.
The political climate in Rock Falls, IL is leaning conservative.
Whiteside County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Whiteside County, IL 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whiteside county remained moderately Republican, 53.0% to 44.7%.
Whiteside county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rock Falls, IL is leaning conservative.
Whiteside County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sterling Metro Area 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.
Rock Falls, Illinois: d d 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 Rock Falls, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $14,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)