Spring Grove, IL is a small village in McHenry County located about 60 miles from Chicago. It has a population of around 3,500 people and is a tight-knit community where everyone looks out for each other. The village is served by the Spring Grove Village Board of Trustees which consists of six elected trustees who are responsible for managing the village's affairs. They work to maintain public safety, create community initiatives, oversee budgets and manage the various departments within the village. The board works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services and infrastructure. Local residents also have an opportunity to make their voices heard at regular town hall meetings held by the board. These meetings provide an avenue for residents to share their concerns, ideas and suggestions with the board and help shape policy decisions in the village.
The political climate in Zip 60081 (Spring Grove, 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 60081 (Spring Grove, IL) is leaning conservative.
Spring Grove, 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.
Spring Grove, 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 60081 (Spring Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,520 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $16,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)