The city of Rockford, IL, 61109 is a thriving community in northern Illinois. Located in Winnebago County, it has a long history of political activism and engagement. The city is home to a variety of organizations and groups whose goal is to keep politics alive and pertinent to the citizens who call Rockford home. From school board meetings to neighborhood associations, there are many ways for residents to get involved in local politics. Voters can vote in elections for local officials such as mayor, city council members, county commissioners, state representatives, and congresspeople. Additionally, Rockford holds community events such as town hall meetings where citizens can have their voices heard on important issues affecting the city. Through these initiatives, Rockford strives to ensure that all citizens have an opportunity to participate in the political process and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 61109 (Rockford, IL) is leaning liberal.
Winnebago County, IL is leaning liberal. In Winnebago County, IL 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.5%.
Winnebago county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61109 (Rockford, IL) is leaning liberal.
Rockford, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Winnebago County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rockford 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.
Rockford, Illinois: r r 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 61109 (Rockford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 571 contributions totaling $18,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $15,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)