Carpentersville, IL is a small village located in Kane County, Illinois with a government that works hard to ensure the needs of its residents are met. The village is governed by an elected five-member board of trustees and a Village President who serve four year terms. Residents of Carpentersville have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote in local elections for the village president and trustees. These officials are responsible for making decisions regarding local services, spending, taxes, and other matters that affect the everyday lives of the citizens in this community. Local issues that often come up during elections include public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development.
The political climate in Carpentersville, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carpentersville, IL is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Carpentersville, 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 Carpentersville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,346 contributions totaling $112,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 610 contributions totaling $84,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)