The politics of Roscoe, IL (61073) are unique in many ways. The city is home to a diverse population and has a wide range of political views. While the majority of residents identify as conservative, there is a large segment who hold more progressive views. The local government in Roscoe is run by elected officials, including the Mayor and City Council members. Elections are held every four years for each position, and the citizens have the opportunity to vote for their chosen candidates. There is also an active grassroots campaign season with candidates advocating for issues that affect the community such as education, public safety, economic development, and other important topics. Local leaders strive to ensure that all citizens feel included in the political process regardless of party affiliation or background.
The political climate in Zip 61073 (Roscoe, IL) is leaning conservative.
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 61073 (Roscoe, IL) is leaning conservative.
Roscoe, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
Roscoe, 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 61073 (Roscoe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $29,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $47,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)