Crete, IL is a small village in Will County located about 40 miles south of Chicago. The town is governed by a Village President, six Trustees, and a Village Clerk/Treasurer. These positions are all elected by the local residents of Crete. The village also has its own police department and provides public works services, such as road maintenance and garbage collection. Other services like water and sewer fall under the jurisdiction of Will County government. Residents of Crete have a great sense of community pride and value the small-town feel that living in Crete provides. Political candidates in Crete typically focus on local issues such as maintaining lower taxes, maintaining efficient service delivery from local government departments, providing better access to recreational facilities for youth, and prioritizing public safety. As with many towns across America, the political landscape in Crete is always changing as new candidates emerge to serve their community.
The political climate in Crete, IL is leaning liberal.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crete, IL is leaning liberal.
Will 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.
Crete, 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 Crete, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,212 contributions totaling $101,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $29,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)