Elmwood Park, IL is a small suburb located just west of Chicago. The town has a rich history of political involvement, with citizens regularly engaging in the local elections. Residents of Elmwood Park are particularly passionate about protecting their tight-knit community and ensuring that its local politics remain transparent and accessible. They take pride in supporting candidates who share their values and have an understanding of the unique needs of their community. Local elections for mayor, city council, and other positions are often hotly contested, as residents look to elect representatives who will work to preserve Elmwood Park's legacy of thoughtful governance and support its diverse population.
The political climate in Elmwood Park, IL is strongly 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
Elmwood Park, IL is strongly 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.
Elmwood Park, 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 Elmwood Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,323 contributions totaling $115,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $27,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)