St. Charles, Illinois is a municipality located in Kane County with a population of approximately 33,000 people. The City Council is the legislative body of the city government and consists of 8 elected officials that serve four-year terms. Currently, these positions are held by Mayor Ray Rogina, Clerk Jo Krieger, Treasurer Michael Gresk, and Aldermen Jim Martin (Ward 1), William Turner (Ward 2), Maureen Lewis (Ward 3), Rita Payleitner (Ward 4), and Mark Davoust (Ward 5). In addition to the City Council, St. Charles has several other boards and commissions such as the Plan Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Historic Preservation Commission, and Transportation Advisory Commission. These boards work together to ensure that the best interests of the city are served when it comes to policy decisions. St Charles is also home to various political organizations such as the Kane County Democratic Party and the Republican Party of Kane County which host events throughout the year in order to engage citizens in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 60174 (St. Charles, 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 60174 (St. Charles, IL) is leaning liberal.
St. Charles, 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.
St. Charles, 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 60174 (St. Charles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,874 contributions totaling $298,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 708 contributions totaling $633,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $894 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)