Mount Prospect, IL is located in Cook County and has been an important part of the Chicago Metropolitan area for many years. As a result, it has had a strong presence in politics both on a local and state level. Local politics in Mount Prospect are largely focused on local issues such as taxes, education funding, zoning regulations and infrastructure improvements. On the state level, representatives from Mount Prospect are active participants in the Illinois State House and Senate. The town is represented by State Representative Martin J Moylan from the 55th District, and Senator Laura M Murphy from the 28th District. Both Moylan and Murphy are committed to representing the people of Mount Prospect with integrity and implementing policies that benefit their constituents.
The political climate in Mount Prospect, 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
Mount Prospect, 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.
Mount Prospect, 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 Mount Prospect, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,762 contributions totaling $1,289,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,195 contributions totaling $797,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)