Glen Ellyn, IL is a quaint village in DuPage County, located about 25 miles outside of Chicago. It has a rich history and vibrant sense of community that makes it a desirable place to live. The local politics in Glen Ellyn are an important part of the fabric of the city. Local government initiatives focus on maintaining the infrastructure around the town as well as keeping taxes low for residents and businesses. There are several different political parties represented in the city, and citizens can engage in civic activities like attending city council meetings or casting their votes in elections for local representatives at all levels of government. The current mayor of Glen Ellyn is Diane McGinley, who has been serving since 2019 and was re-elected to serve until 2023. Other representatives from the area include Charles Rinki (R) for state representative and Peter Roskam (R) for US Representative for Illinois’ 6th congressional district.
The political climate in Glen Ellyn, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glen Ellyn, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Glen Ellyn, 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 Glen Ellyn, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16,166 contributions totaling $1,609,155 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,965 contributions totaling $1,814,151 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)