Schaumburg, IL is a vibrant city situated in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Politically, the area is predominately represented by Democrats with a few Republicans sprinkled here and there. At the local level, Schaumburg residents are represented by Dick Helander from the Republican party in Illinois' 66th House district and Tom Rooney from the Democratic party in Illinois' 54th Senate district. Both candidates work hard to ensure that the voices of their constituents and citizens of Schaumburg are heard in Springfield. Additionally, Schaumburg residents also have the opportunity to vote on issues such as bonds, tax initiatives, federal representatives, judgeships, referendums and more during local elections.
The political climate in Schaumburg, 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
Schaumburg, 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.
Schaumburg, 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 Schaumburg, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31,659 contributions totaling $2,712,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,227 contributions totaling $3,863,463 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $739 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)