The small town of Lake Summerset, IL, located in Winnebago County, is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government. The mayor is elected for a four-year term and must reside within the borders of the village. Currently, the mayor is John Browning who was first elected in 2018. The council consists of a six-member board that is elected to staggered four-year terms. These members are responsible for setting policy, assessing taxes and overseeing village departments such as public works, police and fire services. They also approve the annual budget and review all contracts entered into by the village government. In addition to regular meetings held each month, the council may call special meetings as needed to attend to important matters of business. While there are no local political candidates running for office at this time in Lake Summerset, residents are encouraged to stay active in their local government by attending meetings or following news reports about their village’s issues and initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 61019 (Lake Summerset, IL) is moderately conservative.
Stephenson County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Stephenson County, IL 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephenson county remained very strongly Republican, 56.6% to 41.0%.
Stephenson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61019 (Lake Summerset, IL) is moderately conservative.
Lake Summerset, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Stephenson County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Freeport 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.
Lake Summerset, Illinois: R R d r 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 61019 (Lake Summerset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 498 contributions totaling $19,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)