Elmhurst, IL is home to a vibrant and diverse community with a rich history in politics. The city has been actively engaged in the political process for decades, and has seen its fair share of successes and losses. Elmhurst is represented by several different elected officials including Congressmen, State Representatives, Cook County Commissioners, and Mayor. These elected officials are responsible for setting policy agenda items and representing the interests of Elmhurst citizens. Each local election brings new faces to office or re-elects incumbents who have been working hard to ensure that Elmhurst remains a great place to live and work. Local elections also provide an opportunity for residents to become more involved in their government by attending debates between candidates or participating in voter registration drives. In any case, Elmhurst’s politics remain active and dynamic as it continues to move forward into the future.
The political climate in Elmhurst, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmhurst, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Elmhurst, 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 Elmhurst, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,735 contributions totaling $1,457,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,048 contributions totaling $8,423,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,764 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)