Round Lake, IL is a small village located in Lake County with a population of 8,400. It is governed by the elected Village Board which includes six trustees and a village president. The municipal government works to ensure that Round Lake provides its citizens with essential services such as public safety, utilities, infrastructure, and economic development. Local politics in Round Lake is focused on improving the quality of life for residents and creating a strong local economy. Residents often come together to discuss their concerns regarding village services or upcoming projects. Elected officials have also worked to engage the community in various ways such as hosting town hall meetings to discuss current issues or create public art projects to enrich the cultural landscape of the village. This commitment to civic engagement has allowed for an open dialogue between citizens and elected officials in Round Lake and has helped create a vibrant sense of community within the village.
The political climate in Round Lake, IL is somewhat 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
Round Lake, IL is somewhat 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.
Round Lake, 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 Round Lake, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,031 contributions totaling $509,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 794 contributions totaling $155,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)