The politics in Rochester, IL are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The city is represented on the state level by Senator Dale Fowler and Representative Darren Bailey. On the county level, State’s Attorney Jim Owens and Auditor/Recorder Nick Kerkhof represent the citizens of 62563. Mayor Robert Eberly is the current mayor of Rochester and serves a four-year term with four city council members who are elected at large for their two-year terms. Additionally, two members from each ward serve as Aldermanic representatives and are elected to a four-year term. Issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, water quality, amenities for seniors and youth activities make up some of the local political discussion in Rochester.
The political climate in Zip 62563 (Rochester, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative. In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62563 (Rochester, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Rochester, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sangamon County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Springfield 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.
Rochester, Illinois: R R d 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 62563 (Rochester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $11,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $13,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)