The city of Pontiac, IL (61764) is a small, rural community located in Livingston County. The city itself is governed by a mayor who is elected every four years and six trustees elected to serve as part of the city's council. While the population size of Pontiac does not allow its citizens to vote in federal elections, the local politics play an important role in the day-to-day life of its residents. Local initiatives, ordinances, and budgets are all subject to approval by voters during the regular municipal election cycle. In addition to this, there are numerous opportunities for citizens to get involved with their local government through attending public meetings and voicing their opinions on issues that matter most to them. Pontiac's civic pride can be seen throughout its neighborhoods as citizens work together to improve their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 61764 (Pontiac, IL) is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, IL is very conservative. In Livingston County, IL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 26.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61764 (Pontiac, IL) is strongly conservative.
Pontiac, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, Illinois is very conservative.
Pontiac Metro Area is very 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.
Pontiac, Illinois: R R R 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 61764 (Pontiac)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $7,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $11,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)