Hawthorn Woods is a small village in Lake County, Illinois. Despite its size, the village plays an important role in local politics, providing a voice for its citizens on many issues. The Village Board of Trustees is responsible for making decisions regarding local policies and ordinances and is comprised of six elected trustees who are voted on by residents during elections held every four years. A mayor of Hawthorn Woods is also elected by residents and serves as the head of the board. Local elections draw attention to important issues facing the community, such as taxes, zoning regulations, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, collaborative efforts with neighboring municipalities help ensure that Hawthorn Woods has a voice in regional decision-making.
The political climate in Hawthorn Woods, 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
Hawthorn Woods, 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.
Hawthorn Woods, 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 Hawthorn Woods, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,578 contributions totaling $1,466,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,890 contributions totaling $4,552,442 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,409 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)