Lake Forest, IL is a beautiful city located in Lake County. The city has a rich political history and is home to many active political figures. Local elections are held each year to determine who will represent the community at the county, state, and federal level. Residents of Lake Forest have access to representatives from both major political parties, as well as numerous other independent candidates who are willing to serve their community. Recently, local issues such as education funding and the COVID-19 pandemic have been heavily discussed by politicians in Lake Forest. In addition, many local candidates have worked hard to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard at all levels of government. With strong representation and passionate leadership from across the political spectrum, residents of Lake Forest can be sure that their views will continue to be represented on various issues facing the city.
The political climate in Lake Forest, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Forest, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Lake Forest, 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 Lake Forest, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44,730 contributions totaling $21,603,104 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $483 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18,380 contributions totaling $275,413,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $14,984 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)