Prospect Heights, Illinois is a small town located in Cook County with a population of around 16,000 people. It is known for its close-knit community and vibrant downtown areas. When it comes to politics, Prospect Heights tends to lean Democratic in elections. In recent years, the local political scene has seen an increased amount of involvement from citizens, with many getting directly involved in campaigns and attending events such as town hall meetings to discuss current issues. Some of the most prominent politicians from the area include Representative Jan Schakowsky and State Senator Julie Morrison. Prospect Heights has also become increasingly active on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, providing residents with up-to-date information about policies and events related to their local government. Overall, Prospect Heights is an engaged political force that works hard to ensure their voices are heard on the local, state and national levels.
The political climate in Prospect Heights, IL is strongly 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
Prospect Heights, IL is strongly 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.
Prospect Heights, 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 Prospect Heights, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,582 contributions totaling $2,001,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,580 contributions totaling $3,729,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,042 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)