Spring Valley, IL, located in Bureau County, is a small town with a population of less than 5,000 people. It is represented by the local government in the cities of La Salle and Peru. The towns are governed by elected officials such as mayors, city councils, and other officials held in high regard by the residents. In Spring Valley specifically, the current mayor is Joe Sosnowski who was elected in 2019. He works to ensure that the citizens receive quality services from the local government. Other members of Spring Valley's political representation include Representative Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) at the state level and Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-IL 16th District) at the federal level. Together these individuals work to create an environment where the community can thrive and all its residents’ needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 61362 (Spring Valley, IL) is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, IL is moderately conservative. In Bureau County, IL 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bureau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.1%.
Bureau county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61362 (Spring Valley, IL) is moderately conservative.
Spring Valley, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Bureau County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Spring Valley, Illinois: r R d 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 61362 (Spring Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $12,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $9,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)