Hanover, IL is a small rural town in Jo Daviess County with a population of 61041. The political landscape of the area is largely conservative, and local elections are mainly contested by Republican candidates. In recent years, the community has come together to support initiatives that promote economic growth and the preservation of the town’s natural resources. Local politicians prioritize building strong relationships between local businesses and citizens while also looking for ways to improve infrastructure and public services within the town. Additionally, the county works closely with state representatives to ensure that legislation is passed that is beneficial for all of its residents. Hanover, IL strives to create an environment where everyone can thrive regardless of their political views.
The political climate in Zip 61041 (Hanover, 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
Zip 61041 (Hanover, IL) is moderately conservative.
Hanover, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, Illinois 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.
Hanover, 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 zip 61041 (Hanover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)