Lindenhurst, IL is a village located in Lake County and has close to 14,000 residents. The politics in Lindenhurst are rooted in local issues that range from increasing the village's sustainability initiatives to preserving open space for recreational activities. The Village of Lindenhurst is governed by an elected mayor and trustee board who work together to ensure the community remains safe and prosperous. Local elections take place every two years and bring out a host of candidates eager to represent their neighbors’ concerns. As a result, Lindenhurst residents have a variety of choices when it comes to who will serve their interests on the local government level.
The political climate in Zip 60046 (Lindenhurst, 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 60046 (Lindenhurst, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Lindenhurst, 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.
Lindenhurst, 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 60046 (Lindenhurst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,288 contributions totaling $74,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $29,812 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)