The politics in Hampshire, IL, located in zip code 60140 is centered around local issues that affect residents. The governing bodies, such as the Village of Hampshire Board and the Hampshire Township Board, are both elected by the people to represent their interests. Residents of Hampshire also have access to a number of state representatives and senators who work to pass legislation that affects the entire region. No specific names of political candidates will be mentioned here but voters in Hampshire can look up their local representatives and candidates on their county's website. Local elections occur throughout the year for various positions, giving citizens an opportunity to voice their opinions and elect representatives that best reflect their values and ideas.
The political climate in Zip 60140 (Hampshire, IL) is leaning 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 60140 (Hampshire, IL) is leaning liberal.
Hampshire, Illinois is leaning 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.
Hampshire, 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 60140 (Hampshire)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $11,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $37,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)