The town of Wonder Lake, IL is a small community with a population of approximately 8,900 people. The town's government is made up of a Mayor and six Trustees who are elected to four-year terms. The local government takes great care in making decisions that benefit the entire community while still looking out for their constituents’ needs. Local political candidates are passionate about their beliefs and work diligently to help improve the quality of life in Wonder Lake. They strive to ensure the safety of residents by providing essential services such as police protection and fire protection, road maintenance, public works projects, and other programs. Through their efforts, these politicians seek to nurture the economic development of their hometown by providing resources to businesses, creating opportunities for employment, promoting education and civic engagement among citizens, and preserving natural resources.
The political climate in Wonder Lake, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wonder Lake, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
Wonder Lake, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 Wonder Lake, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,177 contributions totaling $205,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 550 contributions totaling $94,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)