The small village of Thawville, IL (zip code 60968) has a population of just under 300 people. The town is served by the Iroquois County Board and a Village President who is responsible for local government affairs. Every year, residents get the chance to vote for mayoral candidates and trustees on the local board who are in charge of approving zoning laws, budgeting funds for public works, and overseeing certain activities in the town. Residents of Thawville highly value their local politics as it gives them direct input into how their community is run. Each election season brings out strong opinions on key issues that are important to the community such as taxes, public safety, and infrastructure development. Every candidate has their own platform and credentials which they take to heart as they hope to get elected by the people of Thawville – making sure that their voice can be heard when it comes to making decisions about what’s best for the community.
The political climate in Zip 60968 (Thawville, IL) is very 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 60968 (Thawville, IL) is very conservative.
Thawville, Illinois is very 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.
Thawville, 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 60968 (Thawville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $5,065 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)