The city of Loves Park, IL, located in Winnebago County, is a vibrant community with a population of over 24,000 residents. It is known for its great schools and friendly people. Politically speaking, the city is unique in that it is strongly nonpartisan – the majority of elected officials don’t identify with either major party. This allows local citizens to choose candidates based on their merits rather than their party affiliation. Local elections often attract multiple candidates from both parties as well as independent candidates. No matter who wins the election, residents can rest assured that their voices will be heard and their concerns addressed.
The political climate in Zip 61111 (Loves Park, IL) is leaning liberal.
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 61111 (Loves Park, IL) is leaning liberal.
Loves Park, Illinois is leaning liberal.
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.
Loves Park, 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 61111 (Loves Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $24,328 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $20,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)