The small city of Glencoe, IL has a strong sense of community pride and a close-knit political environment. The City Council is made up of seven members who are elected from the citizens of Glencoe and they regularly meet to discuss important topics that affect the city. One of their primary focuses is creating programs and initiatives to improve the quality of life for all of its residents. They also work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to basic services such as education, healthcare, sanitation, public works, and safety. Additionally, the city council is always looking for ways to bring more opportunity to those living in Glencoe by growing economic development in the area. This ensures that everyone can take advantage of what this wonderful community has to offer.
The political climate in Glencoe, 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
Glencoe, 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.
Glencoe, 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 Glencoe, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30,099 contributions totaling $14,838,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8,551 contributions totaling $13,793,522 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,613 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)