Plainfield, IL is a small city located in Illinois' Will County. It has an active political culture, with a number of local officials and organizations working on behalf of the citizens to create a better community. The city is served by the Plainfield City Council, which is responsible for making laws and setting policies that ensure the safety and well-being of the community. The council consists of seven elected members who are all residents of Plainfield and serve four-year terms. Additionally, there are numerous neighborhood associations and other civic organizations that work to improve the quality of life in Plainfield. These groups focus on issues such as public safety, education, economic development, housing, parks and recreation, and more. Overall, politics in Plainfield strive to help create a livable city that works for everyone.
The political climate in Plainfield, IL is leaning conservative.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plainfield, IL is leaning conservative.
Will County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Plainfield, 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 Plainfield, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,456 contributions totaling $766,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,068 contributions totaling $467,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)