Wheeling, IL is a small village located in Cook County, Illinois. It is home to a diverse population of roughly 37,000 people who are engaged in their local politics. The village has long been known for its commitment to open government and citizen participation. Wheeling is served by an elected Mayor/President and Board of Trustees. The board consists of six trustees each representing one of the village's six districts and are voted on during municipal elections held every two years. Recently, the Wheeling Board has prioritized improving public safety, investing in infrastructure projects, and providing resources for public education in the area. In addition to these efforts, there have been initiatives to create more efficient business policies that will benefit local businesses, support environmental sustainability efforts and foster economic development in the village.
The political climate in Wheeling, IL is strongly 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
Wheeling, IL is strongly 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.
Wheeling, 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 Wheeling, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,256 contributions totaling $410,255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 781 contributions totaling $404,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $519 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)