Barrington, IL is an affluent village located in Cook and Lake counties in northeastern Illinois. It is known for its upscale neighborhoods, excellent educational opportunities, and a tight-knit community. As with many suburban towns in the Chicago area, politics in Barrington are largely focused on local issues that affect the quality of life for its citizens. The village is served by two school districts: Barrington Community Unit School District 220 (BCUSD) and Lake County Schools. Both school boards are elected by the people of Barrington and have considerable influence on how public education is implemented in the local community. Additionally, the mayor and six village trustees make up the Village Board of Barrington, which handles all municipal affairs including budgeting, zoning regulations, economic development initiatives, and more. The residents of Barrington also have a say in larger state issues through their representatives in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. All these political bodies make sure that Barrington remains an attractive place to live by focusing on issues important to its citizens.
The political climate in Barrington, 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
Barrington, 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.
Barrington, 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 Barrington, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,748 contributions totaling $5,393,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,776 contributions totaling $10,227,436 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,046 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)