Lake, IL County is a bustling and diverse county located in the heart of Illinois. The area has a long and proud history of civic engagement, with many residents actively involved in the political process. Community members are often seen at local town halls engaging in meaningful dialogue about important issues facing the region. Local elections have had a strong impact on the county’s politics, as candidates have been elected to serve on the board of county supervisors and in other positions of influence. In addition, area residents often volunteer their time for campaigns or political action committees that support candidates they believe will best represent their interests. Because of this strong involvement in politics, Lake, IL County is an exemplar for other counties across the state and nation when it comes to involving citizens in the democratic process.
The political climate in Lake County, IL is strongly liberal.
In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake County, IL is strongly 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.
Lake, 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 Lake County, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51,812 contributions totaling $14,331,264 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13,120 contributions totaling $62,790,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,786 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)