Elk Grove Village, IL is a small city located in northeast Illinois, just outside of Chicago. It is a vibrant community with plenty of activities for residents to enjoy. Along with the cultural and recreational offerings, Elk Grove Village also has an active political scene. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, in which the mayor is elected from among the members of the City Council. The Council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the city and its citizens, such as policy decisions and budgeting matters. Local candidates for offices such as Mayor, Alderman and Village Clerk are chosen in general elections every four years. Residents have many opportunities to become involved in politics through attending public meetings or running for office themselves. With so many ways to be politically engaged, Elk Grove Village is sure to remain an active member of the local political landscape for years to come.
The political climate in Elk Grove Village, IL is moderately 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
Elk Grove Village, IL is moderately 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.
Elk Grove Village, 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 Elk Grove Village, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,316 contributions totaling $847,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,101 contributions totaling $1,312,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)