Leaf River, IL is a small rural village located just outside of Rockford in Ogle County. The village is known for its strong sense of community and neighborly spirit. Politics in Leaf River are quite important to the people who live there, as they take part in local, state, and federal elections, as well as voting on various other local issues. The village has one mayor and six trustees that make up the local government. These positions are filled by members of the community during elections that are held every two years. Additionally, Leaf River residents participate in larger county-wide races for offices like sheriff and board chairperson. Despite its small population, those living in Leaf River take their participation in politics seriously and work hard to ensure that their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 61047 (Leaf River, IL) is strongly conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61047 (Leaf River, IL) is strongly conservative.
Leaf River, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Leaf River, Illinois: R R r 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 61047 (Leaf River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $22 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $4 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)