Northbrook, IL is a vibrant and diverse city located in Cook County with a population of 33,170. The city lies on the North Shore of Lake Michigan and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Northbrook has a strong sense of community spirit and is home to many businesses, public schools, parks, and other amenities. Northbrook also has an active political scene and regularly elects representatives to state and local government offices. On the local level, residents have elected three trustees to the Village Board who are responsible for setting governing policy in Northbrook. The Village Board meets monthly to discuss matters such as zoning regulations, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and budgeting for village services. On the state level, residents vote for their representative in the Illinois State Legislature who then works on furthering legislation that affects their district. Additionally, Northbrook voters are actively involved in national elections and take part in electing members of Congress who will represent them on a federal level.
The political climate in Northbrook, 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
Northbrook, 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.
Northbrook, 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 Northbrook, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42,781 contributions totaling $15,799,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,498 contributions totaling $13,993,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,473 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)