Chestnut CDP, IL is a small town located outside of Chicago in Cook County. Although the population of this area is relatively small, its citizens are actively engaged in local politics. Residents often join together to discuss issues that are important to them, such as education, public safety and economic growth and development. Most recently, the citizens of Chestnut CDP have been actively working to re-elect their mayor Larry Miller to a second term as mayor. Additionally, many residents are involved in the campaign for their local congressional representatives from Illinois’ 14th district, which includes Chestnut CDP. The people of Chestnut CDP take pride in having their voices heard and being able to make an impact on the political process by engaging with their fellow citizens and elected officials.
The political climate in Chestnut, IL is very conservative.
Logan County, IL is very conservative. In Logan County, IL 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.6% to 28.8%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chestnut, IL is very conservative.
Logan County, Illinois is very conservative.
Lincoln Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Chestnut, Illinois: R R R R R R
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 Chestnut, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $131 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)