Northfield, IL is a small town located in Cook County, Illinois. It has a population of about 8,000 people and the majority of the population are families with children. The local politics in Northfield are handled by the city council and mayor. The mayor is elected by popular vote every four years. The city council consists of seven members who are elected at-large by popular vote for staggered four-year terms. The current mayor is Ryan Kainen, who has been serving since 2013. Additionally, there are several committees and commissions that work to review and recommend policy matters to the city council or mayor. These committees and commissions include the Library Board of Trustees, Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Park Board of Commissioners and Northfield Urban Renewal Agency. All residents have an opportunity to participate in local politics through attending city council meetings and providing comments on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Northfield, IL is moderately 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
Northfield, IL is moderately 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.
Northfield, 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 Northfield, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,308 contributions totaling $10,909,384 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $630 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,898 contributions totaling $9,503,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,611 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)