The Galena Territory, a residential resort community in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, is known for its active electoral participation. During elections, the territory plays an important role in local and state politics and is often considered to be a swing state in gubernatorial races. The local political landscape is populated by candidates from both major parties – Republican and Democratic – as well as those from smaller parties. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective on how to best serve the residents of The Galena Territory and the greater Jo Daviess County area. In recent years, the territory has seen increased voter turnout due to campaigns that focus on issues specific to the region, such as access to safe drinking water, education reform, and job creation. Regardless of party affiliation, all candidates in The Galena Territory strive to make sure the local population’s needs are met.
The political climate in The Galena Territory, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, IL is moderately conservative. In Jo Daviess County, IL 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jo Daviess county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.8%.
Jo Daviess county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
The Galena Territory, IL is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, Illinois is moderately 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.
The Galena Territory, Illinois: r r 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 The Galena Territory, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,598 contributions totaling $164,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $21,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)