The small town of Pecatonica, IL is located in Winnebago County and has a population of 1,198 according to the most recent census. Located within the 6th Congressional district, the town is governed by a village president who is elected for a four-year term every four years. The current village president is Dave Krienke, who was reelected in 2017. Residents of Pecatonica vote on local issues such as budgets, taxes, and special levies during the regular elections held in April every year. The village also operates its own police force and fire department. Its government provides residents with local services such as public works, parks and recreation facilities, library services, and garbage collection. As an active part of the community involved in various events throughout the year, the local government strives to maintain a friendly atmosphere while providing essential services for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 61063 (Pecatonica, 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 61063 (Pecatonica, IL) is leaning conservative.
Pecatonica, 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.
Pecatonica, 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 61063 (Pecatonica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,738 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $7,374 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)