Oakwood Hills, IL is a small village located in McHenry County. The politics of Oakwood Hills are heavily influenced by the county-level politics of McHenry County. The village is represented on the McHenry County Board by three board members who are elected to serve 4 year terms. These board members work with the other 25 board members to create and pass legislation governing the county and its municipalities. Residents of Oakwood Hills also vote in elections for state representatives, senators, and presidents on a national level. On a local basis, however, there are no local candidates or political parties for residents to vote for since there is only one government entity responsible for governing Oakwood Hills - the McHenry County Board. Therefore, residents must stay informed about what is happening at the county level in order to ensure their interests are being represented when decisions are made that may impact them.
The political climate in Oakwood Hills, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakwood Hills, IL is somewhat conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
Oakwood Hills, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 Oakwood Hills, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,658 contributions totaling $107,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $267,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $827 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)