Bellwood, IL is a small community located in the suburbs of Chicago. The town has a long history of civic involvement and local politics that offer a range of policies for its citizens. Bellwood's government is made up of a Mayor, Village Board, and various committees and commissions that oversee the day-to-day operations of the village. The Mayor and Board work together to develop and implement local laws and regulations that benefit the whole community. Resident input helps shape these decisions through public hearings, surveys, and other methods of engagement. In addition, local candidates campaign for office every two years to ensure that Bellwood's citizens have their interests represented by their elected leaders. By engaging in civic affairs like voting in elections, residents can help shape their local government for the betterment of all members in the community.
The political climate in Bellwood, IL is strongly liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellwood, IL is strongly liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very 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.
Bellwood, Illinois: D D 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 Bellwood, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 609 contributions totaling $60,377 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $7,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)