Jo Daviess County, located in northern Illinois, is an important political region that has been an integral part of the state’s political history. Historically, the county has been a stronghold for Republican candidates and has consistently seen heavy voter turnout during elections. In recent years, however, Democrats have been making gains in the county as well. Local politics also plays a major role in the county, with many elected officials representing their constituents on various issues such as education and infrastructure. With upcoming elections in 2020 expected to be highly contested both at the state and federal level, it is likely that Jo Daviess County will once again be a key political battleground in Illinois.
The political climate in 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
Jo Daviess County, IL is moderately conservative.
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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.
Jo Daviess, 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 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 Jo Daviess County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 931 contributions totaling $87,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $19,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)