Gages Lake, IL is a small community located in Lake County. It has a long history of involvement in local politics, with local residents regularly voting on issues that affect the town and its people. Residents elect local leaders to serve on the Gages Lake Village Board of Trustees, who are responsible for making decisions about taxes, zoning regulations, ordinances and other matters that affect the quality of life for those living in the area. The mayor of Gages Lake also serves as an important political figure and helps promote a sense of unity among members of the community. In addition to this, citizens can attend city council meetings to learn more about upcoming initiatives and get involved in local politics. Overall, Gages Lake is committed to ensuring that its citizens have a say in their government and are able to work together to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable living and working.
The political climate in Gages 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
Gages 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.
Gages 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 Gages Lake, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,333 contributions totaling $592,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,307 contributions totaling $798,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $611 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)