Kendall County, Illinois is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and is home to many different types of politics. The county lies within the 6th Congressional District and is represented by Republican Peter Roskam in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, Kendall County is represented by Republican Keith Wheeler in the Illinois House of Representatives and Republican Jim Oberweis in the Illinois Senate. Locally, Kendall County Board consists of 17 members elected from each of its 15 townships plus two members elected from as a whole at-large district. The board has nine Republicans and eight Democrats, making it a fairly even split among party lines when it comes to local government representation. Many important decisions are made on behalf of Kendall County voters through this board, such as budget allocations and property taxes which directly affect taxpayer's lives on a daily basis.
The political climate in Kendall County, IL is leaning liberal.
In Kendall County, IL 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kendall county flipped moderately Democratic, 51.7% to 45.9%.
Kendall county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kendall County, IL is leaning 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.
Kendall, Illinois: R R d r r 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 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 Kendall County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,328 contributions totaling $163,381 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 533 contributions totaling $90,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)