Buffalo Grove is a village in Lake County, Illinois with a population of 41,496. It is a diverse community with an active local government that serves the residents' interests. The village has an elected mayor and a board of six trustees, who are elected to serve four-year terms. They are responsible for making decisions about the village's budget, policy issues, and other matters that affect the community. Additionally, Buffalo Grove elects representatives to the Illinois General Assembly and the U.S. Congress for matters beyond the scope of local governance. The village also participates in national elections and encourages citizens to be informed about their candidates and vote during election season.
The political climate in Zip 60089 (Buffalo Grove, 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 60089 (Buffalo Grove, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Buffalo Grove, 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.
Buffalo Grove, 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 60089 (Buffalo Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,386 contributions totaling $300,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 440 contributions totaling $223,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $509 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)