The small village of Shabbona, IL (zip code 60550) is located in DeKalb County and is part of the local government there. The political landscape in Shabbona is fairly consistent with the rest of the county, with a strong focus on fiscal responsibility and providing services such as police and fire protection. There are no specific names for local political candidates that represent Shabbona, but residents can vote in elections for county and state representatives who help to shape the policies within the area. The population of Shabbona is relatively small, with just over 500 residents as of 2019, but its citizens are actively engaged in their local politics and take pride in their community.
The political climate in Zip 60550 (Shabbona, IL) is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60550 (Shabbona, IL) is leaning conservative.
Shabbona, Illinois is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Shabbona, 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 60550 (Shabbona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)