Beach Park, IL is a village located in Lake County, Illinois. It is governed by six Village Trustees and the Mayor. The current mayor is Gregory G. Mahlstedt and the trustees are Yolanda Anderson-Smith, Eileen Dalzell, John Dundon Jr., Paul Miller, Joseph Novak and Robert Zilgmeister. While local politics in Beach Park are often complex and evolve over time, there are key issues that the current administration have focused on including public safety initiatives, economic development projects and infrastructure upgrades. They also strive to provide for the community by working with local businesses to create jobs and access to resources such as water treatment plants. Additionally, the government works closely with local schools and organizations to ensure all Beach Park residents are able to access quality education and services in order to lead successful lives.
The political climate in Beach Park, 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
Beach Park, 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.
Beach Park, 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 Beach Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,503 contributions totaling $182,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 910 contributions totaling $137,086 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)