The small village of Galt, IL (zip code 61037) is home to a population of approximately 533 people. The mayor of Galt is Peter Kooyman and the village clerk is Pat Lascody. The village administrator is Keith Smith and the six trustees that make up the Village Board are Bryan Appelbaum, Gary Johnston, Robert Potts, Melissa Fruzyna-Brown, Scott Applebee and Michael Bartolini. Together they provide leadership on local matters such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and municipal services for the community. Local politics in Galt are taken seriously by all involved and citizens are encouraged to get involved in order to have their voices heard. With a population this small it’s important that everyone has their say in local matters.
The political climate in Zip 61037 (Galt, 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 61037 (Galt, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Galt, 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.
Galt, 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 61037 (Galt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)