Kirkland, IL is a small town located in McHenry County. Its population of around 600 is served by local officials elected to serve the community. The mayor of Kirkland is Joe Coleman, a longtime resident with experience in local government. He has been mayor since 2017 and his focus is on keeping the town's infrastructure safe and up-to-date. Additionally, there are three other members of the city council who ensure that local laws are followed and that the needs of the people are met. They also work to ensure that Kirkland remains an attractive place to live and work by maintaining an attractive downtown area and keeping taxes low for residents. Overall, Kirkland offers its citizens a respectful political environment with dedicated leaders focused on maintaining a safe and prosperous community.
The political climate in Kirkland, IL is somewhat conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kirkland, IL is somewhat conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning 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.
Kirkland, 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 Kirkland, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $16,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)