Lombard, IL is a vibrant community that is active in the political arena. The city of Lombard hosts a mayor and six trustees who are elected at-large to serve on the City Council. These representatives represent their constituents and make decisions based on input from the community. Lombard also boasts several organizations that are dedicated to advancing civic engagement and promoting local government initiatives. These include the Lombard League of Women Voters, which works to increase voter registration throughout the city and encourages discussion about issues affecting residents. Additionally, local political candidates often come together for debates and forums in order to inform voters about their stances on important issues. Through these efforts, Lombard has become a strong example of civic involvement within the greater Chicago area.
The political climate in Lombard, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lombard, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Lombard, 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 Lombard, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,781 contributions totaling $1,262,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,815 contributions totaling $2,048,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $537 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)