The small village of Port Byron, IL is governed by a board composed of six elected trustees and the village president. The village is committed to ensuring the highest quality services for its citizens while maintaining the rural atmosphere of the area. Recent political initiatives in Port Byron have focused on increasing public safety and promoting economic development. The trustees work closely with local businesses, community organizations and residents to ensure that their needs are being met. Each trustee also serves as a representative for their respective ward within the village, advocating for issues important to their constituents. Locally elected officials are devoted to serving their communities and upholding the values of transparency, accountability and integrity in government. The village of Port Byron is dedicated to providing safe, high quality services that benefit its citizens and promote a vibrant economy in the region.
The political climate in Zip 61275 (Port Byron, IL) is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61275 (Port Byron, IL) is leaning conservative.
Port Byron, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning 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.
Port Byron, Illinois: D D 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 61275 (Port Byron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $16,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $4,884 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)