Aurora, Illinois is a vibrant city located 40 miles west of Chicago. It has a rich cultural and political landscape with both local and national candidates vying for the attention of its residents. The city is home to three wards, each with its own representative on the City Council. There are also representatives from the mayor’s office, downtown business owners, and neighborhood activists that provide input on city issues. In addition, there are various state and federal legislators who represent Aurora's needs in both Springfield and Washington D.C., respectively. With all these different voices speaking out for Aurora, citizens have a chance to make their voice heard by being involved in political discussion and activism within their community.
The political climate in Aurora, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aurora, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Aurora, 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 Aurora, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,417 contributions totaling $2,232,927 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,505 contributions totaling $1,308,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)