Arlington Heights, IL is a village located in Cook County, with a population of 75,101. It's governed by a Mayor and 6 Village Trustees who are elected to 4-year terms. The current mayor is Thomas Hayes, and the current trustees are John Scaletta, Jim Tinaglia, Don Dunphy, Joseph Farwell, Mike Sidor and Jenny Murphy. The local government works to ensure that all of the residents of Arlington Heights have access to quality services and resources that enhance the quality of life for everyone. The village strives to be transparent in its decision making process and encourages public input through various committees such as Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Additionally, the village partners with local nonprofits and businesses to provide additional community programs that benefit everyone.
The political climate in Zip 60005 (Arlington Heights, IL) is strongly liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60005 (Arlington Heights, IL) is strongly liberal.
Arlington Heights, Illinois is strongly liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very 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.
Arlington Heights, Illinois: D D 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 60005 (Arlington Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,964 contributions totaling $326,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 446 contributions totaling $68,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)