The town of Libertyville, IL is a small community located in Lake County with a population of over 20,000 people. The town is led by Mayor Terry Weppler and the Libertyville Village Board of Trustees, who work together to ensure the best possible quality of life for those living in the area. The board consists of seven trustees who are elected by the local citizens every four years and have the responsibility of setting fiscal policy, appointing committee members and overseeing all aspects of village administration.
Libertyville is an active and engaged community that takes pride in its civic involvement. Local elections draw large voter turnout and residents take part in both local and state politics. In recent years, there have been heated debates on topics such as taxes, budgeting priorities and zoning regulations. Residents enjoy participating in democracy and voicing their opinions on issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Libertyville, IL is leaning liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Libertyville, IL is leaning liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Libertyville, 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 Libertyville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,561 contributions totaling $855,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,038 contributions totaling $1,954,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $959 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)