Winnebago, IL is a small city located in the Rockford region of Northern Illinois. It has a total area of 5.9 miles and a population of 6,063 according to the 2017 US Census Bureau. Despite its relatively small population, Winnebago still has an active political environment. In recent years, there have been some local elections for seats on the Winnebago City Council. In November 2019, two candidates were running for mayor: incumbent Mayor Jennifer Lewis and challenger Stacy Gerstmann. Ultimately, Mayor Lewis was re-elected after receiving 64 percent of the vote. Other local political races in the area include elections for city council members and school board representatives. With constant changes in leadership, Winnebago citizens are sure to stay engaged and informed about local politics.
The political climate in Zip 61088 (Winnebago, IL) is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, IL is leaning liberal. In Winnebago County, IL 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winnebago county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 47.5%.
Winnebago county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61088 (Winnebago, IL) is leaning conservative.
Winnebago, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Winnebago County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Rockford Metro Area is leaning 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.
Winnebago, Illinois: r r D d d d
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 61088 (Winnebago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $2,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $3,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)