West Chicago, IL is an exciting place to live with a vibrant political landscape. Located in DuPage county, West Chicago has a rich history of involvement in local politics. The city has seen significant growth in recent years, resulting in the election of several new officials to its City Council. Current representatives of West Chicago include Mayor Rubén Pineda and the eight members of the City Council. These representatives are responsible for making decisions on a variety of issues that affect the lives of residents within the city. Among these issues are zoning, economic development, public safety, education, and many more. The city also holds numerous public forums to give citizens an opportunity to voice their concerns and provide input into important decisions made by their elected officials.
The political climate in West Chicago, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Chicago, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
West Chicago, 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 West Chicago, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,396 contributions totaling $128,334 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 612 contributions totaling $272,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)