Hazel Crest, Illinois is a small village in Cook County with a population of around 14,000 residents. The village is governed by a mayor and a board of trustees that are elected every two years. The current mayor is Vernard Alsberry who was elected in 2017 and will serve until 2021. The Board of Trustees consists of six members who are also elected to two-year terms. They work together to create laws and policies that affect the lives of the residents in Hazel Crest. Currently, they are focusing on creating economic development opportunities for local businesses, improving public safety, and providing better access to healthcare services throughout the village. There is also an active political landscape in Hazel Crest with many organizations engaging in policy work at the city level as well as statewide issues such as education reform or environmental protections. With local elections coming up this year, there are sure to be several exciting races to follow as candidates vie for local office positions.
The political climate in Hazel Crest, 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
Hazel Crest, 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.
Hazel Crest, 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 Hazel Crest, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,060 contributions totaling $225,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $38,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)