Politics in the Fox Lake, IL area are mainly focused on local issues related to public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. The village is governed by a Village President and six Trustees who are all elected locally. The current Village President is Ernie Hahn. In recent years, the village has put an emphasis on improving public safety by upgrading security measures and providing more resources to its police department. Additionally, efforts have been made to maintain existing infrastructure while also encouraging new economic growth. Recently, the village has invested in several projects, such as a new retail center and an expansion of the local hospital, that have created jobs and improved the quality of life for residents. Fox Lake is also home to various community organizations that strive to make life better for everyone through educational programs, advocacy groups, sports teams, and other activities.
The political climate in Zip 60020 (Fox Lake, 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 60020 (Fox Lake, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Fox Lake, 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.
Fox Lake, 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 60020 (Fox Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 287 contributions totaling $19,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 102 contributions totaling $9,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)