Grandwood Park, IL is a small suburban village located in Lake County that has a population of about 4,000 people. Politics in the community are managed at the local level with representatives from each village district. Grandwood Park residents are engaged citizens who take an active role in determining their future and there is always a great deal of discussion and debate on issues that impact the community. The local government works to ensure that services are provided efficiently and effectively to its citizens, while also striving to maintain fiscal responsibility. They hold regular meetings to keep the public informed of proposed legislation and upcoming events. In addition, Grandwood Park holds regular elections for representatives at all levels of government. Residents have opportunities to become involved with various initiatives and can provide input on how they would like their taxes spent or other matters affecting their neighborhood.
The political climate in Grandwood Park, IL is leaning 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
Grandwood Park, IL is leaning 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.
Grandwood Park, 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 Grandwood Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,666 contributions totaling $197,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 470 contributions totaling $120,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)