Elgin, IL is a small town located in the northern part of Illinois. It has a vibrant political scene with many local candidates up for election every year. There are currently multiple city council races that are contested, as well as other school board and village board elections. The local Republican and Democratic parties are very active in Elgin politics, hosting debates and campaigning for their respective candidates. Their platforms focus on issues such as improving public safety, economic development, and addressing environmental concerns. Additionally, there are various special interest groups that work to push their own agendas in the town's politics. All of these different opinions come together to create a dynamic political landscape in Elgin that allows voters to make educated decisions when casting their ballots each year.
The political climate in Elgin, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Elgin, 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 Elgin, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,364 contributions totaling $1,369,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,242 contributions totaling $922,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)