The small city of McHenry, IL has a population of just under 27,000 and is located in northwestern Illinois along the Fox River. Despite its size, McHenry offers its residents plenty of political representation. In the 2018 election cycle, there were three candidates running for Mayor of McHenry: Mike Kwasman, Steve Verr, and Debra Mullarkey. Each candidate ran on a platform that focused on issues such as economic development, public safety and infrastructure improvements. These important issues are important to all residents of McHenry and will be at the forefront for years to come. Additionally, local representatives from both major parties (Republican and Democratic) are elected from each district within the city to serve in both the Illinois State Senate and House of Representatives. With open dialogue and engagement between residents and their elected officials, McHenry can continue to prosper in the future.
The political climate in Zip 60050 (McHenry, IL) is leaning conservative.
McHenry County, IL is leaning conservative. In McHenry County, IL 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained narrowly Republican, 50.0% to 47.5%.
McHenry county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60050 (McHenry, IL) is leaning conservative.
McHenry, Illinois is leaning conservative.
McHenry County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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.
McHenry, Illinois: R R d r r r
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 60050 (McHenry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,022 contributions totaling $38,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $34,649 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)