The small town of Bristol, IL, 60512 is located in Kendall County and is a quaint community of around 1,000 people. Despite its size, the town is politically active with various local organizations and elected officials. The mayor of Bristol is currently Michael Egan, who was first elected in 2021 after serving as alderman since 2017. The board of trustees includes trustees John Boggs, Tom Soubirous and Steve Koester. In addition to these elected officials, the town also has two voting precincts which are managed by the Kendall County Clerk's office. There are numerous local civic organizations that provide input on local issues such as parks and recreation programs, infrastructure development projects and economic development initiatives. Overall, Bristol residents take their civic duties seriously as evidenced by their commitment to staying informed and participating in their local political process.
The political climate in Zip 60512 (Bristol, IL) is leaning conservative.
Kendall County, IL is leaning liberal. In Kendall County, IL 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kendall county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.7% to 45.9%.
Kendall county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60512 (Bristol, IL) is leaning conservative.
Bristol, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Kendall County, Illinois is leaning 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.
Bristol, Illinois: R R d r r 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 60512 (Bristol)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $4,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)