Burnham, IL is a small town located near the city of Chicago. It is home to a tight-knit community that celebrates its local politics and takes pride in their decisions. The people of Burnham understand how important it is to have strong leadership in their town, so they strive for candidates who will make informed decisions that benefit everyone. During elections, the citizens come together to discuss their town's needs and choose candidates who can best address those needs. They take into account each candidate's views on various issues and evaluate them based on how well their vision aligns with the needs of the community. By doing this, they are able to ensure that the people of Burnham are represented in all areas of government by leaders who want what is best for the town.
The political climate in Burnham, 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
Burnham, 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.
Burnham, 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 Burnham, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $6,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)