Politics in 60120 Elgin, IL are characterized by a diverse set of elected officials representing the community. The city is part of the U.S. Congressional District 8, which is currently represented by Lauren Underwood. In addition, the local state senate district is currently held by Republican Don DeWitte and House District 65 is being represented by Republican Allen Skillicorn. At the county level, the Kane County Board Chairman for District 2 is Democrat John Martin while Corinne Pierog represents District 4 as a Democrat. Currently, Republican Steve Ward serves as mayor of Elgin, Illinois and oversees the City Council consisting of seven members elected at-large to four-year terms. All in all, politics in 60120 Elgin, IL are quite varied with representation from both sides of the aisle working together to serve the best interests of the community.
The political climate in Zip 60120 (Elgin, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60120 (Elgin, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Elgin, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Elgin, 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 60120 (Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,432 contributions totaling $83,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $89,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $541 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)