Round Lake Beach, IL is an active community with vibrant politics. The City Council works hard to ensure that the citizens of Round Lake Beach have access to all necessary services and are being treated fairly. The City Council is made up of five members who are elected during municipal elections every two years. Each member has their own unique perspective on local issues and work together to find solutions that benefit the whole community. Recent initiatives in Round Lake Beach include creating a new tax base for businesses, investing in infrastructure development, and providing more resources for public safety. Local political candidates regularly campaign for office and engage with the public about their vision for the future of Round Lake Beach. During election season, the city becomes alive as candidates debate on various platforms and make their case to citizens about why they should be voted into office. It’s important that citizens stay informed on these elections and vote for the candidate they feel is best suited to represent them.
The political climate in Round Lake Beach, IL is somewhat 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
Round Lake Beach, IL is somewhat 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.
Round Lake Beach, 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 Round Lake Beach, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,391 contributions totaling $412,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 814 contributions totaling $141,394 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)