Lake in the Hills, IL is a small town located in northern Illinois with a population of approximately 28,000. The town is governed by an elected Board of Trustees and Village President who are responsible for making decisions that affect the residents. The Board of Trustees consists of six members who are voted in by the community every two years. The Village President is elected by the public to serve as the head of local government. Local elections generally take place during April or November and have candidates from both major parties running for seats on the Village Board and for Village President. Residents can participate in politics and get involved with local government through attending meetings, voicing opinions, and voting. All residents 18 years or older are encouraged to vote in order to ensure their voice is heard within their community.
The political climate in Lake in the Hills, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake in the Hills, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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 in the Hills, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 in the Hills, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,863 contributions totaling $425,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,257 contributions totaling $346,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)