Huntley, IL is a village located in the McHenry County, with a population of about 25,000 people. It is represented politically by the Village President and six Trustees elected to four-year terms. Huntley residents are strongly engaged in local politics as evidenced by the number of candidates running for local office each year. Community members have their own values, opinions, and concerns that they want to be taken into account when it comes to deciding how their tax dollars are spent. There has been a trend in recent years towards more progressive initiatives and efforts within Huntley’s political climate. These include environmental initiatives such as solar panel installations, working towards becoming a “green” community, and promoting renewable energy sources. Additionally, there has been an increase in attention given to issues such as affordable housing and economic development within the village. As Huntley continues to grow and become more diverse, it will be interesting to see what other progressive reforms come from its political landscape in the future.
The political climate in Huntley, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huntley, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
Huntley, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 Huntley, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,592 contributions totaling $260,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,640 contributions totaling $240,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)