Machesney Park, IL is located in Winnebago County and has a population of 23,499 citizens. The town is served by the mayor and six trustees on the Village Board. Currently, the mayor is Jerry Bolin and some of the other trustees include John Korth, Robert O’Dekirk, Kathleen Bergan Schmidt, Anthony Perrone, Gary Schaefer, and Amy Najera-Vining. The Village Board meets regularly to discuss important topics such as public safety, local infrastructure projects and development plans. Elections for Village Board members are held every four years with residents being able to cast their ballots at the polling stations in Machesney Park. Consequently, it is important for all citizens to be informed about who their local political candidates are so that they can make informed decisions when voting.
The political climate in Zip 61115 (Machesney Park, IL) is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, IL is leaning liberal. In Winnebago County, IL 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.5%.
Winnebago county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61115 (Machesney Park, IL) is leaning conservative.
Machesney Park, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rockford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Machesney Park, 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 61115 (Machesney Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $6,394 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $13,093 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)