61006 Ashton, IL is a small community located in central Illinois. The town has a population of around 3,000 people and is part of Ogle County. Although the town does not have any local political candidates running for office, its residents are still very involved in politics. Every election season, citizens come together to discuss the issues that are important to them and their families. The town's mayor, as well as other local government officials, often hold town hall meetings to hear the opinions of the people and keep them informed about what's going on in their community. Residents also actively participate in state-wide and national elections to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 61006 (Ashton, IL) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61006 (Ashton, IL) is moderately conservative.
Ashton, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Dixon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ashton, 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 61006 (Ashton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $140 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)