The politics in Skokie, IL are heavily influenced by the local government. The village is governed by a mayor and six trustees, who are elected to four-year terms. All positions are nonpartisan, allowing candidates of any political affiliation to run for office. In addition, there are various advisory commissions and boards that provide services and advice to help the village operate efficiently. Skokie citizens have an active role in local government; public meetings provide an opportunity for residents to discuss policies and offer input on decision making. From time to time, special elections may be held if there is a need for additional funding or if new laws must be put into effect. In general, the Skokie community strives for balanced representation in their local government and ensure everybody’s voice is heard equally.
The political climate in Skokie, 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
Skokie, 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.
Skokie, 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 Skokie, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,157 contributions totaling $2,735,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,534 contributions totaling $1,396,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $910 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)