Dwight, IL is a small town located in Livingston County, Illinois with a population of around 3,400 people. Located in the heart of farm country, Dwight is known for its rural essence and traditional values. The mayor of the town is Janet Cawkins, who was first elected in 2013 and is currently running for her third term. When it comes to local politics in Dwight, IL residents are generally conservative and maintain traditional values when deciding how to vote in elections. Residents care deeply about maintaining their rural roots while keeping up with the modern times, making sure that their votes reflect both these ideals. Local candidates understand this dynamic and focus on issues that are important to both current and potential constituents such as protecting property rights, improving infrastructure, creating jobs, and supporting local businesses.
The political climate in Zip 60420 (Dwight, IL) is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, IL is very conservative. In Livingston County, IL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 26.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60420 (Dwight, IL) is strongly conservative.
Dwight, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, Illinois is very conservative.
Pontiac Metro Area is very 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.
Dwight, 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 60420 (Dwight)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $1,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $3,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)