Politics in Glenwood, IL are mainly focused on local issues that affect the community and its citizens. The majority of local political candidates are focused on initiatives such as improving infrastructure and enhancing public safety. Additionally, many candidates have been working to reduce taxes, support local businesses, and maintain city services in an affordable manner. Furthermore, much of the campaigns focus on environmental initiatives such as sustainable development, green space conservation, and energy efficiency. Thus, Glenwood is a municipality that emphasizes the importance of improving quality of life for its constituents and works diligently to ensure their needs are met.
The political climate in Glenwood, 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
Glenwood, 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.
Glenwood, 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 Glenwood, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,733 contributions totaling $78,379 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $18,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)