The small village of New Lenox, IL is located in Will County and has a strong sense of community among its residents. Politics are an important part of life in New Lenox, and the village is represented by elected officials at all levels of government. At the federal level, the village is part of Illinois's 11th congressional district and elects US representatives to serve their interests in Washington DC. The state of Illinois also provides state representation for New Lenox through its General Assembly and Senate, with local legislators being elected from within Will County. The county itself also has various elected officials who oversee county-level policies that affect the village's residents. On a more local level, New Lenox has a Mayor and six Village Trustees who are elected by the people to represent them on issues like land use, economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, leisure services, and environmental protection. All these political representatives work together to ensure that New Lenox remains a safe and vibrant place for its residents to live.
The political climate in Zip 60451 (New Lenox, IL) is leaning liberal.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60451 (New Lenox, IL) is leaning liberal.
New Lenox, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Will County, Illinois 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.
New Lenox, 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 60451 (New Lenox)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 962 contributions totaling $55,949 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $50,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)