Saybrook, IL is a small rural town located in McLean County. The local politics of Saybrook are reflective of the values of its citizens; conservative and family-oriented. The town's local government is focused on providing services such as public safety, transportation, health care, and parks and recreation that meet the needs of its community. There are several elected officials who serve the town including a mayor, city council members, county commissioners, school board members, and county assessor. Each of these individuals work together to ensure that the citizens of Saybrook are provided with quality services. The current mayor is committed to improving infrastructure within the town and creating economic growth opportunities for residents. Additionally, he has prioritized increasing affordable housing options and making sure that all residents have access to high quality educational services.
The political climate in Zip 61770 (Saybrook, IL) is leaning conservative.
McLean County, IL is leaning liberal. In McLean County, IL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 46.3%.
McLean county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61770 (Saybrook, IL) is leaning conservative.
Saybrook, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McLean County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Bloomington 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.
Saybrook, Illinois: R R d R r 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 61770 (Saybrook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $3,706 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)