Politics in the Crystal Lake, IL area is largely focused on local issues, such as education, public safety, and infrastructure. The city is home to a mayor and six alderpersons who help make decisions for the community. Together they work hard to ensure the citizens of Crystal Lake have access to quality resources. Representatives from both major political parties work together on many initiatives and are dedicated to finding solutions that benefit everyone in the city. Recent projects include new construction of roads and sidewalks as well as investments into public parks that provide recreation for all ages. The city also works closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that their needs are addressed in order to keep Crystal Lake a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 60012 (Crystal Lake, IL) is leaning conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60012 (Crystal Lake, IL) is leaning conservative.
Crystal Lake, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
Crystal Lake, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 60012 (Crystal Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 431 contributions totaling $38,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $19,806 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)