The city of South Elgin, located in Kane County, Illinois, is a place with vibrant political activity. It is situated in the Fox River Valley and is part of Greater Chicago metropolitan area. The city has always been involved in both state and local politics, with all issues of importance to its citizens carefully considered through a democratic process. With its population of just over 25,000 residents, South Elgin has many elected officials serving on both county and township boards as well as the school board. All these positions are filled by local candidates that are voted on by the community every two years. These elected officials have always made sure that they represent and work for their constituents and make decisions that reflect the values held within the community.
The political climate in Zip 60177 (South Elgin, 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 60177 (South Elgin, IL) is leaning liberal.
South Elgin, 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.
South Elgin, 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 60177 (South Elgin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 367 contributions totaling $17,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $12,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)