Sycamore, IL is a small town located in the western suburbs of Chicago. It is a vibrant community that takes pride in its local politics and community involvement. Since Sycamore is so close to Chicago, residents often take part in city-wide initiatives like voting on federal and state candidates as well as making sure their local representatives are aware of their opinions on issues. Sycamore also prides itself on having an active local government which works hard to keep taxes low while providing excellent public services. There are several political organizations in Sycamore such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and independent voters who all provide support and guidance to candidates seeking office. Additionally, there are numerous volunteer opportunities that residents can get involved in to help out their community during election season. All in all, politics in Sycamore is an important part of life for its citizens and it’s something everyone should be aware of and take part in when they can.
The political climate in Sycamore, IL is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sycamore, IL is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning 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.
Sycamore, 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 Sycamore, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,030 contributions totaling $463,278 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 879 contributions totaling $252,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)