Harwood Heights, IL is a small suburban village located in Cook County. It is home to a diverse population of over 8,000 residents. The village has an active government that works hard to ensure the quality of life for its citizens. The local political landscape is dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds a majority on the Village Board of Trustees and has been the longstanding governing body in Harwood Heights. Each member of the Village Board is elected to a four year term and works closely with the Mayor to manage all aspects of the village’s operations. Additionally, a number of important regional issues are voted upon by Harwood Heights residents including transportation funding, park improvements and street repairs. Every election season, candidates from both major parties are given an opportunity to gain support from voters through public debates and door-to-door campaigns. With their participation and commitment to making sure that Harwood Heights continues to be a great place to live, work and play, these candidates work together towards improving the quality of life for their fellow residents now and into the future.
The political climate in Harwood Heights, IL is strongly 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
Harwood Heights, IL is strongly 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.
Harwood Heights, 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 Harwood Heights, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $13,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $10,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)