In 61430 East Galesburg, IL, politics are largely determined by local elections. Each citizen has the opportunity to vote for which candidate they believe will make the most positive changes in their community. The current local political candidates are from a variety of backgrounds and have different views on how to improve the city. Candidates have debated topics including crime prevention, economic development, education reform, infrastructure improvements and environmental sustainability. All of these issues speak to the importance of having elected officials that will put the needs of their constituents first in order to help create a better future for all citizens of East Galesburg.
The political climate in Zip 61430 (East Galesburg, IL) is leaning conservative.
Knox County, IL is leaning conservative. In Knox County, IL 46.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained moderately Republican, 51.7% to 46.1%.
Knox county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61430 (East Galesburg, IL) is leaning conservative.
East Galesburg, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Knox County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Galesburg 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.
East Galesburg, Illinois: D d D D 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 61430 (East Galesburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $15,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)