Winnetka, IL is a small village in Cook County with a population of about 12,400 people. The local politics in Winnetka are driven by the village government, which is led by six trustees and a Village President. These trustees are elected for four-year terms and serve as representatives of the citizens of Winnetka. The board works together to make decisions about local matters such as zoning, public safety, infrastructure projects, and tax rates. In addition to the Board of Trustees, the Village also has several committees and commissions that advise on important local issues such as park districts, economic development, and environmental protection. Each election season brings plenty of excitement as the citizens of Winnetka select who will represent their interests in the governance of their community.
The political climate in Winnetka, 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
Winnetka, 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.
Winnetka, 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 Winnetka, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,454 contributions totaling $6,265,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $663 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,334 contributions totaling $5,060,548 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,518 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)