The 60541 zip code is located in Newark, Illinois. Newark is a small rural community with a population of approximately 1,200 people. The politics in 60541 Newark, IL are largely centered around local elections for the village board and mayor. Elections are held every four years along with a special election to fill vacancies as they occur. The current mayor and village board members were elected in April 2019 and are responsible for overseeing the town’s day-to-day operations. Through their work, they seek to improve quality of life for all residents of the village including public infrastructure, public safety initiatives, and other services. They also strive to provide economic opportunities for its citizens by encouraging businesses to invest in the area.
The political climate in Zip 60541 (Newark, IL) is leaning conservative.
Kendall County, IL is leaning liberal. In Kendall County, IL 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kendall county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.7% to 45.9%.
Kendall county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60541 (Newark, IL) is leaning conservative.
Newark, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Kendall County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Newark, Illinois: R R d r r 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 60541 (Newark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $4,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)