The politics in 60530 Lee, Illinois are largely defined by local government and laws. The village of Lee is part of the Will County and has a total area of 0.61 square miles, making it one of the smallest communities in the county. It is overseen by an elected mayor and board of trustees who make decisions about the community's finances, infrastructure, zoning laws, and public safety. Various candidates compete for these local political offices each election cycle to represent their constituents. The residents of Lee also participate in state and national elections to help shape policies that affect all citizens across Illinois and the United States.
The political climate in Zip 60530 (Lee, IL) is moderately conservative.
Lee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, IL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained very strongly Republican, 58.6% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60530 (Lee, IL) is moderately conservative.
Lee, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Lee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Dixon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lee, 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 60530 (Lee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $3,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)