Gurnee, IL is a small town located in Lake County, with a population of around 31,000. It is home to many different political organizations and has participated actively in the electoral process in recent years. The local government consists of members from both major parties, as well as representatives from smaller, more regional political organizations. Recently, the focus has been on national issues such as healthcare and immigration reform. Locally, Gurnee has also been very engaged in debates about education funding and public safety initiatives. Residents have the opportunity to take part in these discussions and can even register to vote at the local level if they choose to do so. In the past few elections, Gurnee residents have turned out for all levels of voting including state primaries and general elections. As the town continues to grow and develop, its citizens will no doubt continue their involvement in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 60031 (Gurnee, 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 60031 (Gurnee, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Gurnee, 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.
Gurnee, 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 60031 (Gurnee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,378 contributions totaling $123,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $90,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)