Grundy County, Illinois is part of the larger Chicago metropolitan area and is known for its beautiful landscape and vibrant communities. The county is governed by a seven-member elected Board of Commissioners who are responsible for setting policy and enacting laws. Also, Grundy County has a number of local political candidates working hard to serve their community. These candidates understand the importance of working together to provide a better quality of life for all citizens in the county. They strive to create jobs, invest in public infrastructure, and improve the overall health and safety of Grundy County's residents. With their dedication and commitment to making Grundy County an even better place to live, work, and raise a family, these candidates represent the best of what local politics can achieve in our community.
The political climate in Grundy County, IL is strongly conservative.
In Grundy County, IL 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.0%.
Grundy county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grundy County, IL is strongly conservative.
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.
Grundy, Illinois: r R d r R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Grundy County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 445 contributions totaling $50,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 496 contributions totaling $87,173 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)