Naperville, Illinois is a city located in central DuPage County and is home to around 145,000 people. It has been recognized for its excellent schools, vibrant business climate, and friendly residents. The city is managed by a Mayor-Council form of government where the mayor is elected at large every four years while the council members are elected from five districts throughout the city. Recent political initiatives in Naperville have included housing affordability concerns, improving public transportation services, and increasing engagement with local businesses. The city also hosts public meetings with local candidates running for office and encourages community members to participate in the democratic process through involvement in civic organizations. Overall, Naperville has a strong commitment to providing transparent governance that meets the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Naperville, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Naperville, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Naperville, 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 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 Naperville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43,812 contributions totaling $4,818,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,513 contributions totaling $2,066,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)