McCullom Lake, IL is a small village located in McHenry County. It has a long history of involvement in local politics and has been the focus of several important civic issues in recent years. The village is governed by a mayor and six trustees, all elected to four-year terms by the local citizens. The government takes an active role in making sure that the village is well managed and that its citizens’ needs are met. In particular, McCullom Lake has been working hard to keep its infrastructure strong and develop ways to address rising costs of living. Additionally, it has been engaging with the community to find ways for residents to get involved with their local political process. Through events like town hall meetings, residents can voice their opinions on Policy changes and other matters of importance to the village.
The political climate in McCullom Lake, IL is leaning 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
McCullom Lake, IL is leaning 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.
McCullom Lake, 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 McCullom Lake, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,022 contributions totaling $38,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $34,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)