Worth, IL is a small suburban village located in Cook County, Illinois. The village is comprised of approximately 10,000 residents and is led by an elected mayor and six trustees. These local political leaders are responsible for setting policies and making decisions that affect the lives of Worth’s citizens. The village has a rich history of civic engagement and its residents take an active role in the political process. Citizens regularly attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions on various topics or cast votes during elections. Worth has a number of notable groups such as the Worth Civic Association and Worth Women's Club who work to keep residents informed on local issues and encourage them to participate in government activities. Additionally, there are several state representatives from the area who actively discuss policy options that will benefit citizens in Worth. Overall, politics remain an important part of life within this small community.
The political climate in Worth, IL is moderately 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
Worth, IL is moderately 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.
Worth, 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 Worth, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 689 contributions totaling $55,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 525 contributions totaling $154,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)