Bannockburn, IL is a small town located in the northern part of Lake County. It has a population of around 3,200 people and is home to many young families and retirees enjoying the peaceful atmosphere. The town is governed by an elected mayor and six trustees who form the board of trustees for Bannockburn. They are responsible for overseeing the village’s day-to-day operations, such as providing public safety services, maintenance of streets and sidewalks, regulating businesses and property owners, and other various local services. Additionally, they are tasked with developing plans to manage growth within the village while still preserving its natural beauty. The village also has numerous boards and commissions that advise on matters related to zoning, parks and recreation, economic development, animal control, environmental issues, taxes, and more. In order to ensure that Bannockburn remains a safe place to live for everyone in the community, these representatives maintain close relationships with their constituents so they can adequately represent their interests at meetings or hearings.
The political climate in Bannockburn, 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
Bannockburn, 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.
Bannockburn, 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 Bannockburn, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,354 contributions totaling $4,064,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $435 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,919 contributions totaling $55,081,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $14,055 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)