Manteno, IL is a small town located in Kankakee County with a population of 7,047 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020). In this rural part of the state, the local politics tend to center around issues related to strengthening the economy, improving infrastructure and education, and community development. On the county level, there are several local political candidates running for office in 60950 Manteno who offer unique perspectives on how to address these issues. These candidates include current mayor Jonathan Niezgoda and mayoral challenger Gary Gubbins; State's attorney Jerome Kosmala and his opponent Carl Walz; County Board Chairperson Don Haigh and his challenger Paul Rakhlin; as well as Commissioner candidates Mark Zobeser and Denise Clark. All of these individuals have put forward proposals that could potentially improve life in Manteno if implemented.
The political climate in Zip 60950 (Manteno, IL) is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Kankakee County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kankakee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
Kankakee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60950 (Manteno, IL) is moderately conservative.
Manteno, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee 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.
Manteno, 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 60950 (Manteno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,874 contributions totaling $18,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $22,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)