The politics in 61016 Cherry Valley, IL are an important aspect of the local community. The area is represented by a variety of elected officials, such as members of Congress, state representatives, county commissioners and other municipal representatives. These individuals strive to ensure the community’s needs are met and that their voices are heard. Issues important to the area and its residents include economic growth, education funding, healthcare access, public safety and infrastructure development. Local advocacy groups have emerged to push for increased investment in these areas and ensure the interests of all residents are taken into account when decisions are made about zoning laws or budget allocations. Political discourse in 61016 Cherry Valley is heated but respectful and serves as a reminder of how invested citizens are in their local governance.
The political climate in Zip 61016 (Cherry Valley, IL) is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, IL is leaning liberal. In Winnebago County, IL 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.5%.
Winnebago county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61016 (Cherry Valley, IL) is leaning conservative.
Cherry Valley, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rockford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Cherry Valley, 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 61016 (Cherry Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,774 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $8,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)