Lincolnwood, IL is a small village located in Cook County. It has a diverse population of about 12,100 people and is part of the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. The village is known for its excellent schools, parks, and other amenities which make it an ideal place to live and work. The Lincolnwood government is led by an elected mayor and six-member board of trustees. The mayor and board are responsible for enacting laws as well as making important decisions regarding the budget, taxes, public works projects, and more. Local elections are held every two years for both the mayor and trustee positions in order to ensure that the citizens have a voice in their government. There are various political action committees that advocate for different causes within the community as well as organizations that help support candidates running for office. Finally, members of the community are encouraged to get involved by attending meetings or volunteering at events like neighborhood cleanups or festivals. All these activities help to shape Lincolnwood’s unique political culture and empower its citizens to be active participants in local government.
The political climate in Lincolnwood, IL is moderately 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
Lincolnwood, IL is moderately 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.
Lincolnwood, 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 Lincolnwood, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,065 contributions totaling $503,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 533 contributions totaling $293,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)