Kane, IL County is home to a diverse population of people with differing political views. Despite the differences in opinions, everyone in Kane, IL County shares the common goal of creating an environment that encourages and supports its citizens. The county has several local elected officials who are responsible for advancing this goal by making decisions that benefit their constituents. Some of these officials include the county executive, county board chairman, state representatives, and state senators. In addition, there are town mayors and aldermen who also play an important role in providing leadership to the communities they serve. All of these local officials work together to ensure that Kane, IL County has a strong economic base and is well-equipped to meet the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal.
In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kane County, IL is somewhat 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.
Kane, 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 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 Kane County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,792 contributions totaling $1,621,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,383 contributions totaling $1,752,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)