Berkeley, IL is a small city located in Cook County with a population of about 8,000. It has an active and engaged political atmosphere, with numerous local candidates running for office in the city council and making their views heard. Berkeley residents come together to discuss important issues facing the community and are actively involved in local politics. The city also hosts many events like candidate debates and town hall meetings to get citizens more involved in the discussion of important topics that affect them directly. Residents are passionate about their local government and take an active role in shaping their future through voting for candidates who best represent their interests. With a diverse range of opinions, Berkeley's political landscape is vibrant and dynamic, creating an atmosphere where citizens can make their voices heard.
The political climate in Berkeley, 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
Berkeley, 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.
Berkeley, 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 Berkeley, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 411 contributions totaling $25,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $21,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)