Politics in Fox Lake, IL are quite active. There are numerous local organizations dedicated to promoting change and bettering the community. The village is served by a mayor, six trustees, and a village administrator. These elected officials work together to ensure that the citizens of Fox Lake have the best possible government services available. They pass ordinances to improve local infrastructure, provide public safety services, and promote economic development within the town. The village also has two representatives in the Illinois State General Assembly, allowing local voters to have their voice heard at the state level. With all of these efforts ongoing, it is clear that politics in Fox Lake is an ever-changing endeavor for those involved.
The political climate in Fox Lake, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fox Lake, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Fox Lake, 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 Fox Lake, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,879 contributions totaling $155,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,049 contributions totaling $147,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)