Lake Villa, IL is a small town in Lake County with a friendly, close-knit community. While the town itself does not have its own political candidates, it does still remain extremely involved with the local and national politics that affect its citizens on a daily basis. The residents of the town regularly come together to discuss the issues that are important to them and keep themselves informed about their elected officials’ stances on those matters. Furthermore, many of the citizens choose to show their support for candidates running in nearby districts by volunteering their time or donating to local campaigns. All in all, Lake Villa remains committed to staying politically engaged and making sure their voices are heard throughout the county and beyond.
The political climate in Lake Villa, IL is leaning 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 Villa, IL is leaning 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 Villa, 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 Villa, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,692 contributions totaling $262,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,317 contributions totaling $148,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)