Old Mill Creek, IL is a small town with a long history of political involvement. The town has strong civic engagement and an active voter base. Despite its size, the local politics remain highly contested with residents holding strong opinions on various issues. Local politicians take their duties seriously and take an active role in making sure their constituents’ interests are being heard and represented. The town residents have been involved in critical decisions such as tax reform, education funding, public safety initiatives and many more. Old Mill Creek is proud to be a community that actively engages in the democratic process and it is evident that they understand the importance of getting involved.
The political climate in Old Mill Creek, 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
Old Mill Creek, 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.
Old Mill Creek, 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 Old Mill Creek, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,735 contributions totaling $547,932 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,838 contributions totaling $322,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)