In 61036 Galena, IL politics is largely influenced by the state level and national politics. The small town does not have any local election candidates or its own political parties. Instead, all of its citizens are encouraged to become involved in state and national elections through voting and participating in campaigns. Galena residents take part in the democratic process every year, choosing representatives to represent them on a larger scale. They are also active in local events such as town hall meetings where they have the chance to ask questions about their elected leaders and hold them accountable. By doing so, they can ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to making important decisions that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 61036 (Galena, IL) is somewhat 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 61036 (Galena, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Galena, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Galena, 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 61036 (Galena)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 791 contributions totaling $81,778 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $10,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)