The politics of North Barrington, IL are quite active and vibrant. The Village of North Barrington is served by a five-member Board of Trustees elected at large to four-year terms. This board sets policy for the village, enacts legislation, approves the budget, appoints committees and commissions, and appoints a village manager to carry out the day-to-day operations of the village government. North Barrington holds local elections in odd-numbered years for all five trustees as well as for village president. The village recently held its trustee election in April 2021, electing three incumbents to new terms on the board. Additionally, North Barrington's representatives in state and federal offices include Senator Dick Durbin (D), Representative Brad Schneider (D) and Senator Dave Syverson (R). Local residents are very involved in politics throughout all levels of government and actively work to elect their preferred candidates through fundraising events, social media campaigns and traditional campaigning techniques.
The political climate in North Barrington, IL is leaning liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
North Barrington, IL is leaning liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
North Barrington, 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 North Barrington, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,969 contributions totaling $3,326,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,597 contributions totaling $6,796,076 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)