The Lake of the Woods area of Illinois is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape, with many individuals and groups advocating for change. The area is governed by the County Board which meets regularly to debate and decide important issues that impact the community. Local elections are held every four years in order to elect county board members, as well as city councilors. Additionally, citizens have a voice in local politics through various town hall meetings, in which they can discuss their opinions on topics of interest, as well as ask questions or make suggestions. These meetings are often led by representatives from the local government or from special interest groups such as environmental organizations and labor unions. Overall, politics in Lake of the Woods is an active and engaging process through which community members can work together to ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Lake of the Woods, IL is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, IL is moderately liberal. In Champaign County, IL 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 36.9%.
Champaign county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake of the Woods, IL is leaning liberal.
Champaign County, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Champaign-Urbana Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lake of the Woods, 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 Lake of the Woods, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,949 contributions totaling $73,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $27,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)