Wayne, IL is a small city located in northern Illinois with a population of around 4,300 people. It has a vibrant political scene with candidates from various parties running for local office every election cycle. The city is an active participant in the state and national political process as well, with residents engaging in civic activities such as attending town hall meetings and actively engaging in the discussion of important political issues. Recently, Wayne has seen candidates from both major parties compete for local office at the City Council, Board of Education, and other elected positions. Local politicians strive to always provide their constituents with quality representation and to ensure that they are heard on issues important to the community. Residents of Wayne take full advantage of their right to vote each election day by participating in the democratic process and making their voices heard.
The political climate in Wayne, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne, IL is leaning liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,695 contributions totaling $524,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,641 contributions totaling $961,303 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)