The politics of 60511 Big Rock, IL is an area heavily influenced by the state and local government. The town itself is part of Kane County in Illinois, which has its own set of county-level officials and representatives. At the state level, residents are represented by two senators and one representative in the Illinois General Assembly. Additionally, there are several other elected officials at both the county and local level who help make sure that Big Rock’s needs are met. This includes members of the local school board, library board, village trustees, and various other roles. These individuals work alongside each other to ensure that Big Rock continues to be a thriving community for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 60511 (Big Rock, IL) is leaning liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60511 (Big Rock, IL) is leaning liberal.
Big Rock, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Big Rock, Illinois: R R D d D D
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 60511 (Big Rock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $18,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3,150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $8,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)