North Chicago, IL has a long history of political engagement and activism. The city is part of the 10th Congressional District and is represented by Democrat Brad Schneider in the U.S. House of Representatives. Locally, North Chicago has a City Council composed of seven members who are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections. Additionally, North Chicago residents elect a village president and six trustees to serve on the Village Board. Community members are encouraged to stay informed on local politics by attending city council meetings or by reading about important issues via local news sources. With active civic engagement, North Chicago continues to be an example of healthy democracy for other communities in the area.
The political climate in North Chicago, IL is strongly 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 Chicago, IL is strongly 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 Chicago, 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 Chicago, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,720 contributions totaling $1,073,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,545 contributions totaling $1,372,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)