Wood Dale is a small city in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. With a population of 13,357 people, it is a close-knit community with a vibrant political landscape. It features two main political parties – the Democratic Party and the Republican Party – both of which field local candidates for various elected offices each election cycle. Among these are typically City Council members, mayor, and other offices that serve as the voice of Wood Dale citizens at the local level. With an engaged electorate and dedicated representatives, progress and growth are continually being achieved in Wood Dale as members of both major parties strive to make their community a better place to live.
The political climate in Wood Dale, IL is somewhat 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
Wood Dale, IL is somewhat 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.
Wood Dale, 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 Wood Dale, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 841 contributions totaling $131,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $209,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)