Lansing, IL is a small town located on the southern border of Chicago in Illinois. The town has a long history as a manufacturing and industrial hub in the region and has seen its share of political issues over the years. The local politics in Lansing are focused around keeping taxes low, improving public safety and infrastructure, and promoting economic development. In recent years, Lansing has taken active steps to promote business growth through investments in infrastructure and tax incentives for new businesses. Local political candidates have prioritized these issues as well as making sure to maintain an efficient budget. They also work to ensure that all citizens have equal access to government services and that everyone can participate in the local decision making process.
The political climate in Lansing, IL is moderately liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lansing, IL is moderately liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
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.
Lansing, Illinois: D D 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lansing, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,065 contributions totaling $164,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $55,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)