Richmond, IL is located in McHenry County and is a small village of fewer than 2,000 people. Despite its size, Richmond is very politically engaged. Local residents are active in local politics and regularly support initiatives to help the town grow and prosper. Some of the most important political issues for Richmond include economic development, education, infrastructure improvements, and environmental sustainability. The community has recently seen efforts to attract more businesses to the area as well as promote green initiatives like recycling programs. Locally elected officials work closely with citizens to ensure that their voices are heard on all important issues affecting their quality of life.
The political climate in Zip 60071 (Richmond, 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 60071 (Richmond, IL) is leaning conservative.
Richmond, 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.
Richmond, 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 60071 (Richmond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $66,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $9,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)