Located in Lake County, Illinois, the village of Deerfield is home to a diverse population with different backgrounds and beliefs. Despite this heterogeneity, the community in Deerfield generally sticks together when it comes to most political issues. This is demonstrated by the fact that the village has been represented by Republican Party representatives since its incorporation. Voters in Deerfield tend to have conservative values, though there are certainly pockets of individuals who lean left or independent. The local government is focused on providing quality services and advocating for important initiatives such as improving infrastructure, creating jobs programs, and protecting property rights. In general, Deerfield residents seem content with their current representation and feel that their interests are being heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 60015 (Deerfield, 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 60015 (Deerfield, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Deerfield, 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.
Deerfield, 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 60015 (Deerfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,736 contributions totaling $2,202,353 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 767 contributions totaling $457,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)