Berwyn, IL is an active and vibrant city with a strong political presence. It has an elected Mayor and City Council that work together to ensure the needs of the community are addressed, as well as a range of committees and organizations dedicated to improving local life. The City Council members hold regular town hall meetings where citizens can voice their opinions on important local issues and all elected officials are accountable to the people they serve. Local elections are held regularly, allowing residents to choose who will represent them in government. There is also active participation in lobbying various state and national politicians on issues that affect Berwyn, IL. Overall, Berwyn, IL has a strong commitment to ensuring its citizens have a say in the decisions that shape their lives.
The political climate in Berwyn, IL is strongly 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
Berwyn, IL is strongly 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.
Berwyn, 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 Berwyn, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,266 contributions totaling $232,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $22,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)