Carol Stream, IL is a suburb of Chicago with a population of around 39,000. It has a strong sense of community that is especially evident in the local politics. The town is run by an elected Mayor and six trustees who are actively involved in establishing policies that benefit the local citizens. Every two years, Carol Stream residents have the opportunity to choose their representatives through municipal elections. Candidates often focus on issues such as improving infrastructure, ensuring public safety, and creating new recreational opportunities for local families. Residents also have the chance to get involved by attending public meetings and voicing their opinions on important matters such as budgeting or zoning decisions. By participating in these processes, Carol Stream citizens demonstrate their commitment to making their town a better place to live.
The political climate in Carol Stream, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carol Stream, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Carol Stream, 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 Carol Stream, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,485 contributions totaling $745,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,235 contributions totaling $1,276,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)