Strawn, IL is a small rural village located in Livingston County. It is an area with limited political representation as it is not part of any congressional district or represented by any state senator or representative. At the local level, the village has its own government consisting of a Village President and six Trustees who are elected for four-year terms from within the local community. These representatives are responsible for developing and approving policies that benefit the residents of Strawn. Additionally, they are tasked with handling issues such as zoning, taxes, infrastructure improvements and other matters which affect day to day life in Strawn. The Village Board meets monthly to discuss and vote on these issues to ensure the best interests of its citizens are being met.
The political climate in Zip 61775 (Strawn, IL) is very conservative.
Livingston County, IL is very conservative. In Livingston County, IL 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 26.8%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61775 (Strawn, IL) is very conservative.
Strawn, Illinois is very conservative.
Livingston County, Illinois is very conservative.
Pontiac Metro Area is very 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.
Strawn, 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 61775 (Strawn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)