Erie, IL is located in Whiteside County and is home to a small population of about 1,400 people. The local political scene in Erie, IL is dominated by the Republican party with many locally elected officials representing their constituents in the city. A few of these politicians include Jeff Ebeling from District 2 on the Whiteside County Board and John Gestrich from District 86 in the Illinois House of Representatives. The city works closely with neighboring communities to ensure they are all receiving equal representation at the state level while also striving to keep up with current issues that are affecting the area. Residents of Erie, IL proudly come together to support and promote civic activities such as voting for important initiatives on ballots and attending town hall meetings hosted by their local representatives.
The political climate in Zip 61250 (Erie, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Whiteside County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Whiteside County, IL 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whiteside county remained moderately Republican, 53.0% to 44.7%.
Whiteside county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61250 (Erie, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Erie, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Whiteside County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sterling Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Erie, 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 61250 (Erie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $4,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)