Seneca, IL is a small town located in La Salle County, Illinois with a population of around 2,500 people. In the political arena, it is represented in the state legislature by Republican Don Moffitt and Democrat Patrick Windhorst. At the county level, Seneca residents are represented by Board Chairman Jerry Hicks and board members Shawn Finnegan and William J. Eskridge. The people of Seneca actively engage in politics and are passionate about their local issues. There are several civic organizations that work to ensure the voice of Senecans is heard loud and clear at all levels of government. The town also put on an annual political picnic where citizens can come together to discuss their concerns about local issues and to learn more about current events in the area.
The political climate in Seneca, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, IL is somewhat conservative. In LaSalle County, IL 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.8%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seneca, IL is somewhat conservative.
LaSalle County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
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.
Seneca, Illinois: d r D 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 Seneca, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $67,559 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 650 contributions totaling $89,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)