Wauconda, IL is a small town located in Lake County with a population of about 14,000 people. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Frank Bart who was elected in 2017 and his term will end in 2021. The current city council consists of five members that are elected for four year terms. The council is responsible for creating legislation to help promote economic growth, providing services to the community, and managing the budget of the city. The town also holds elections for other local political offices such as school board members, trustees, county commissioners, and representatives to Congress. Wauconda strives to participate actively in politics and encourages its citizens to stay informed on local issues and get involved in their community through voting or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 60084 (Wauconda, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60084 (Wauconda, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Wauconda, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Wauconda, 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 60084 (Wauconda)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 429 contributions totaling $40,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $33,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)