Sheldon, IL is a small rural city located in Iroquois County. The city has a long-standing history of local politics that dates back to the early 1900s. The town is home to a variety of political candidates who are running for office in the upcoming election. These candidates come from a diverse array of backgrounds and each bring unique perspectives to the table. Some of these candidates include current Mayor Tom Powers, who is running for re-election and several other City Council members, such as Tony Belles and Larry Donaldson. Each candidate has their own platform that they believe would best benefit the citizens of Sheldon and ensure its future success. With the November elections quickly approaching, it will be interesting to see how these candidates fare with the citizens of Sheldon in deciding who will be their next leader.
The political climate in Zip 60966 (Sheldon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Iroquois County, IL is very conservative. In Iroquois County, IL 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iroquois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 20.7%.
Iroquois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60966 (Sheldon, IL) is strongly conservative.
Sheldon, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Iroquois County, Illinois is very conservative.
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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.
Sheldon, Illinois: R R R R 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 60966 (Sheldon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)