Tower Lakes is a small town in Illinois with a diverse population and an active political environment. At the local level, there are numerous organizations, clubs, and political action committees that work to advocate for the interests of their constituents. Each election cycle, candidates from both major parties vie for public office in order to help shape the future of Tower Lakes. The city council is responsible for setting policy objectives and managing the budget for the city. Additionally, Tower Lakes residents have opportunity to engage with their elected officials on issues such as taxes, infrastructure spending, zoning regulations, and other matters that affect their daily lives. While differences of opinion can lead to heated debates at times, overall people in Tower Lakes are passionate about participating in politics to make sure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Tower Lakes, IL is leaning 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
Tower Lakes, IL is leaning 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.
Tower Lakes, 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 Tower Lakes, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,187 contributions totaling $1,348,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,444 contributions totaling $2,556,859 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,046 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)