The small village of Lyndon, IL (zip code 61261) is part of the Ogle County in rural Illinois. It is a government-run city, with an elected mayor and five trustees, each serving four-year terms. The current mayor is Kim Sosalla and the trustees are Wendy Jackson, Michael Peterson, Tom Wilcox, Judy Smith and David Turner. The village of Lyndon has many local issues facing it such as economic growth, providing services to its citizens and addressing environmental concerns. Citizens of the community take a keen interest in their political affairs and actively participate in meetings and elections to make their voices heard. Local campaigns for upcoming elections are frequently seen around town as candidates seek to earn the trust of their neighbors. The people of Lyndon take pride in being an active part of their local political system.
The political climate in Zip 61261 (Lyndon, 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 61261 (Lyndon, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Lyndon, 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.
Lyndon, 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 61261 (Lyndon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $331 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)