Boone, IL County is located in the northern part of Illinois. The county seat is located in Belvidere and has a population of 53,000. There are several elected officials at the local level including the County Board Chairman, County Board Members, and State's Attorney. These individuals are responsible for making decisions that affect citizens of this county. Many current issues such as economic development, education reform, and environmental protection are being discussed at local government meetings. Local elections for these positions take place every two years and typically feature several candidates vying for the job. In recent years, Boone County residents have become more politically engaged with new activist groups forming to discuss issues important to their community.
The political climate in Boone County, IL is somewhat conservative.
In Boone County, IL 42.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Boone county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.1%.
Boone county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boone County, IL is somewhat conservative.
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.
Boone, Illinois: R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Boone County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,946 contributions totaling $75,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $81,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)