Lake Bluff, IL is a small village located in Lake County and is an integral part of the greater Chicagoland area. The politics in Lake Bluff are reflective of its strong community-oriented culture with leaders who are committed to providing quality services to its residents. The Village Board of Trustees provides leadership for the local government and serves as the legislative body for matters affecting the village including taxation, streets and sidewalks, police and fire protection, public health, sanitation, local utilities, parks and recreation facilities, planning and zoning regulations, as well as other matters. Local elections occur on a regular basis so that residents can have their say about who will lead their community. In addition to local elections there are also national elections which allow citizens to cast their vote for presidential candidates as well as state representatives. Political engagement is important in Lake Bluff because it allows citizens to be actively involved in decision making processes that affect their lives.
The political climate in Lake Bluff, 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
Lake Bluff, 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.
Lake Bluff, 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 Lake Bluff, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 987 contributions totaling $236,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 571 contributions totaling $236,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)