Politics in the 60010 Barrington, IL area is a hot topic of discussion for many residents. Barrington is known for its strong community values and most residents are proud to be part of such an engaged and civic-minded town. While Barrington does not have any local political candidates running for office, it does have representatives in state and federal governments who hold true to the values of the community. On the state level, Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant serves as a voice for Barrington in the Illinois Senate on topics ranging from education reform to job creation. At the national level, Congressman Brad Schneider represents Barrington’s interests in Congress by advocating for sensible environmental policy and economic growth initiatives. Overall, politics in Barrington is a vibrant topic of conversation and many citizens take active roles in engaging with their leaders about important issues.
The political climate in Zip 60010 (Barrington, IL) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 60010 (Barrington, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Barrington, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois 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.
Barrington, 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 zip 60010 (Barrington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,187 contributions totaling $1,348,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,444 contributions totaling $2,556,859 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,046 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)