Oakbrook Terrace, IL, located in DuPage County, is a suburb of Chicago. The local politics here are managed by the City Council which includes Mayor Tedd Lowman and six Aldermen who have been elected to serve their constituents. The city council meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month to discuss and vote on important local issues such as public safety, infrastructure projects, economic development initiatives, and other matters that affect the citizens of Oakbrook Terrace. In addition to the city council's work, residents are encouraged to participate in local elections and get involved with civic organizations like the Chamber of Commerce or Homeowners Associations to help shape the political landscape in their community.
The political climate in Oakbrook Terrace, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakbrook Terrace, IL is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Oakbrook Terrace, 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 Oakbrook Terrace, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,171 contributions totaling $1,226,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,867 contributions totaling $5,897,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,057 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)