Elburn, IL is a small town in Kane County with a population of around 6,000. Politically, the town leans towards the conservative side and is represented within the state legislature by Republican lawmakers. The majority of Elburn’s local government is held by Democrats and includes three trustees, one village president, and two clerks. Locally elected officials are responsible for maintaining public infrastructure such as roads and sewer systems as well as providing essential services like waste management. Elburn also has its own police department that works to ensure the safety of residents and visitors alike. Additionally, Elburn has its own library system where citizens can check out books or access computers for research or leisure activities. All in all, Elburn is a small community with a great sense of civic spirit and progressive politics that support its residents’ needs.
The political climate in Elburn, IL is leaning conservative.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elburn, IL is leaning conservative.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Elburn, 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 Elburn, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,119 contributions totaling $84,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $65,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)