The politics of the town of Elizabeth, IL in zip code 61028 are predominantly conservative. While no specific local political candidates have been mentioned, most of the residents in this area tend to support Republican candidates for public office. The town itself is small and dominated by rural communities, so it follows that a majority of its citizens are politically conservative. Education is also very important in this part of Illinois and the local school system provides excellent schools for children from preschool through high school. Town meetings are regularly held at the City Hall where important issues are discussed and debated. It is a great place for those who seek to be involved in their community's political process.
The political climate in Zip 61028 (Elizabeth, IL) is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, IL is moderately conservative. In Jo Daviess County, IL 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jo Daviess county remained very strongly Republican, 57.2% to 40.8%.
Jo Daviess county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61028 (Elizabeth, IL) is moderately conservative.
Elizabeth, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Jo Daviess County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
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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.
Elizabeth, Illinois: r r 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 61028 (Elizabeth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)