Buffalo Grove is a village located in Lake and Cook Counties, IL. It has a diverse population that includes many different ethnicities and socio-economic backgrounds. The village is home to numerous government offices, public libraries, parks, schools, and other infrastructure. Buffalo Grove also has an active political atmosphere. Local government is managed by the Village President and six Trustees who work together to ensure the best interests of the community are served through policy making decisions. There is also a Mayor's Advisory Board charged with improving Buffalo Grove's quality of life through citizen input and involvement in local government processes. In addition to local politics, Buffalo Grove residents can get involved in national and state level elections by voting in primaries, general elections, and special ballots. Through participation in the political process, Buffalo Grove residents can help shape the future of their community for generations to come.
The political climate in Buffalo Grove, 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
Buffalo Grove, 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.
Buffalo Grove, 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 Buffalo Grove, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,637 contributions totaling $4,143,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,936 contributions totaling $3,079,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $782 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)