The town of Tonica, IL (61370) is a small rural community located in LaSalle County. While the population is relatively small, it has a strong sense of community pride and political engagement. The local politics scene is fairly quiet in Tonica, with most of the political decisions being made at the county level. Local residents are always encouraged to get involved in their local government by attending city council meetings, participating in public forums and voting in municipal elections. Residents of Tonica also collaborate to support various initiatives throughout the community. There are no current candidates running for office in Tonica but all of the citizens have an active voice when it comes to local policy decisions and issues that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 61370 (Tonica, IL) is moderately conservative.
LaSalle County, IL is somewhat conservative. In LaSalle County, IL 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.8%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61370 (Tonica, IL) is moderately conservative.
Tonica, Illinois is moderately conservative.
LaSalle County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Tonica, Illinois: d 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 61370 (Tonica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $1,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $1,556 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)