The small town of Genoa, IL is situated in a rural area in the state of Illinois. With a population of just over 4,500 residents, it is a close-knit community that takes pride in their local government and its leaders. Genoa has an active City Council which is responsible for providing guidance and making decisions on issues such as infrastructure improvement, zoning laws, and budgeting. The city also holds elections every two years to determine who represents the people of Genoa on the City Council. All members of the council are committed to upholding the town’s values of honesty, integrity and safety for all citizens. In addition to local politics, Genoa residents are well-informed about issues at all levels of government, from state to national concerns. They take an active role in holding their elected officials accountable for their actions and ensuring that they represent the interests of all citizens in 60135.
The political climate in Zip 60135 (Genoa, IL) is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60135 (Genoa, IL) is leaning conservative.
Genoa, Illinois is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Genoa, Illinois: r r D d d d
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 60135 (Genoa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 531 contributions totaling $13,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)