The small town of 61010 Byron, IL is an area with a rich political history. Though the population of this quaint village is not included, its citizens are known for their strong sense of civic duty and local political engagement. Every election cycle, many local candidates come forward to put forth their ideas and platforms in an effort to become public servants for the community. These candidates represent a variety of ideologies and backgrounds, bringing forth a diverse range of perspectives that serve to strengthen the community and its democracy as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 61010 (Byron, IL) is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61010 (Byron, IL) is moderately conservative.
Byron, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Byron, Illinois: R R r 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 zip 61010 (Byron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $9,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $6,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)