Rock Falls, IL is a small city located in Whiteside County with an estimated population of 9,566 as of 2019. Although it has a small population, the citizens of Rock Falls are still active politically and care deeply about the future of their city. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, city council members, and other positions that help shape the way the town is run. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending city meetings and voting during local elections to ensure their voices are heard. The political climate in Rock Falls is generally one of cooperation and compromise between all parties to ensure that everyone’s needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 61071 (Rock Falls, IL) is leaning conservative.
Whiteside County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Whiteside County, IL 44.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whiteside county remained moderately Republican, 53.0% to 44.7%.
Whiteside county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61071 (Rock Falls, IL) is leaning conservative.
Rock Falls, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Whiteside County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Sterling Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Rock Falls, Illinois: d d D D 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 61071 (Rock Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $14,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)