Politics in 60040 Highwood, IL are varied and complex. The city is located in Lake County and is represented by the Illinois General Assembly's 58th district. The City Council acts as a legislative body for the town of Highwood, setting policy, passing ordinances, approving budgets, and appointing local boards and commissions. The Mayor serves as the chief executive of the City and oversees all departments and operations. Certain issues like taxes, education, infrastructure development, public safety and social services are regularly discussed at City Council meetings. Local political candidates running for office often have to present their platforms on these topics when campaigning for election. While some residents may be involved in local politics or follow closely what is going on in their community, there is no requirement to do so since population information is not included here.
The political climate in Zip 60040 (Highwood, IL) is moderately 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 60040 (Highwood, IL) is moderately liberal.
Highwood, Illinois is moderately 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.
Highwood, 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 60040 (Highwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 353 contributions totaling $24,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $9,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)