The city of Crystal Lake, IL, is located in McHenry County and has a population of almost 40,000 people. It is an important bastion for politics in the state of Illinois. On the local level, Crystal Lake is governed by a City Council comprised of seven elected officials representing different districts within the city. These representatives work collaboratively to make decisions that affect the direction of the city. In addition to making laws and ordinances, they also oversee budgeting, development projects and other important matters relating to the health and welfare of Crystal Lake residents. The citizens here take their civic duties seriously and often come out in droves to vote in local elections for candidates who will look out for their best interests.
The political climate in Zip 60014 (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 60014 (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 60014 (Crystal Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,015 contributions totaling $160,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 376 contributions totaling $74,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)