Vernon Hills, IL is a small town located north of Chicago with a population of approximately 25,000 people. The local government is run by the village board, which consists of six elected trustees and the mayor. The board meets twice a month to discuss and vote on issues that affect the community. In addition to the mayor and trustees, other important figures in Vernon Hills politics include Township Assessors, Village Clerks, and District Court Judges. Every four years, residents have the opportunity to vote in local elections for mayor and trustees. These candidates are typically involved in local charities or organizations and are dedicated to serving their constituents with integrity. Community members can also get involved in local government by attending meetings and voicing their opinions about current topics being discussed.
The political climate in Vernon Hills, 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
Vernon Hills, 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.
Vernon Hills, 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 Vernon Hills, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,946 contributions totaling $1,413,953 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,332 contributions totaling $2,292,274 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $983 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)