Villa Grove, IL 61956 is a small city located in Douglas County. The local government of Villa Grove is run by a mayor and six aldermen who are elected to four-year terms. All members of the Board of Aldermen are responsible for making laws, passing ordinances, and supervising the municipal departments. A number of other local government offices and organizations also help to maintain the city’s infrastructure and services, including public safety, education, utilities, zoning, building code enforcement, economic development, community programs and events. The city encourages civic engagement by holding regular public meetings and providing citizens with materials on local issues such as budgeting, zoning changes and public projects. In addition to having an active citizenry that is engaged in local politics Villa Grove has made great strides in recent years towards creating a vibrant downtown area with numerous shops and restaurants as well as cultural attractions like an art gallery and a historic theater.
The political climate in Zip 61956 (Villa Grove, IL) is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, IL is very conservative. In Douglas County, IL 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.7%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61956 (Villa Grove, IL) is strongly conservative.
Villa Grove, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Douglas 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.
Villa Grove, 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 61956 (Villa Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)