The Town of South Beloit is located in Winnebago County, Illinois, and has a population of around 7,600 residents. It is served by a mayor-council government system and has a City Council with six members. The current Mayor is Pat Durante and the Alderman are Tom Beutel, David Boerger, Chad Scroggins, Neville Nance, and Austin Burnett. The City of South Beloit takes an active role in promoting economic development throughout the community and works to provide efficient services to its citizens. Recently the city council has been working on projects such as building a new library for the town and improving public safety while also running election campaigns for their various candidates. South Beloit is proud to have elected representatives who strive to better the town through effective policies and leadership.
The political climate in Zip 61080 (South Beloit, 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 61080 (South Beloit, IL) is leaning conservative.
South Beloit, 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.
South Beloit, 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 61080 (South Beloit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $5,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $19,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)