The city of Rochelle, IL (61068) is a vibrant and diverse community that takes pride in its local politics. The current mayor of Rochelle is Chet Olson, who was elected in 2019. The City Council features five council members, each elected to four-year terms in staggered elections. A number of other boards and committees serve the city, including the Police Commission, Fire Pension Board, Planning Commission, and Zoning Board of Appeals. Additionally, citizens of Rochelle have access to a variety of resources such as community meetings and forums to stay informed about local politics and get involved in decision-making processes. Through these outlets, residents can voice their opinions on important topics such as budgeting priorities for upcoming year and policy changes affecting the city’s future.
The political climate in Zip 61068 (Rochelle, IL) is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, IL is strongly conservative. In Ogle County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ogle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.7% to 35.8%.
Ogle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61068 (Rochelle, IL) is moderately conservative.
Rochelle, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Ogle County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Rochelle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Rochelle, 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 61068 (Rochelle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 230 contributions totaling $10,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $8,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)