Winnebago, IL is a small town in the Midwest of America. The politics in this area are known to be quite conservative, with most of the population leaning towards the Republican Party. Local elections often come down to who can best represent the conservative values held by many of the citizens of Winnebago. Candidates running for office must ensure they’re very aware of the issues that matter to people in Winnebago, and cater their campaigns accordingly. The political scene in Winnebago is one that is closely watched, especially during election times when candidates must make sure that they do all they can to bring their message to local voters.
The political climate in Winnebago, IL is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, IL is leaning liberal. In Winnebago County, IL 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.5%.
Winnebago county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winnebago, IL is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rockford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Winnebago, Illinois: r r 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 Winnebago, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $2,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $3,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)