Morton Grove, IL is a small suburban town located about 15 miles north of Chicago. Although the town is relatively small it has a vibrant political environment that is important to the local community. In Morton Grove there are a variety of different boards and organizations that actively work to improve the quality of life for residents. This includes the Morton Grove Village Board which is responsible for making decisions on matters such as zoning laws, taxation, public safety and more. Additionally, there are several civic groups in Morton Grove that work to advocate for issues important to residents such as education, transportation and infrastructure improvements. Lastly, each election cycle there are numerous candidates representing various political parties vying for votes in Morton Grove’s elections. These candidates are dedicated to ensuring the best interests of local citizens are represented at all levels of government. All in all, politics plays an important role in Morton Grove and its citizens remain active and engaged in their local government.
The political climate in Morton Grove, 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
Morton Grove, 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.
Morton Grove, 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 Morton Grove, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,065 contributions totaling $1,340,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,868 contributions totaling $2,063,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)