Niles, IL is a small suburban city located in Cook County. The city of Niles is governed by a mayor-council system, with a full-time Mayor elected at-large and six City Council members chosen from three wards. The local political candidates in Niles are typically members of the Democratic Party, which has held the mayoral seat since 1987. In recent years, there has been increased community engagement in local politics due to grassroots campaigns that have united many residents around common goals and issues. Community forums, town hall meetings, and public protests are all common occurrences in Niles when it comes to political discussion and decision making. Overall, there is strong commitment from both citizens and elected officials alike to protect the interests of the people of Niles and to address any challenges they may face as a result of changing policies or conditions within the city.
The political climate in Niles, 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
Niles, 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.
Niles, 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 Niles, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,857 contributions totaling $1,618,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,878 contributions totaling $1,242,793 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $432 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)