Wood Dale, IL is a small city located in DuPage County. Although the population of Wood Dale is relatively low, the city still has an active local political scene. The city mayor is Scott A. Lund, who was elected in 2017 and serves four-year terms. In addition to the mayor, there are several committees and boards that oversee different aspects of the city's operation, such as planning and zoning, finance, and public safety. Furthermore, each year there are elections for aldermen who represent various wards within the city limits. During election season, residents can research their local political candidates to find out more information about their views on various issues impacting Wood Dale.
The political climate in Zip 60191 (Wood Dale, IL) is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60191 (Wood Dale, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Wood Dale, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Wood Dale, 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 60191 (Wood Dale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 205 contributions totaling $34,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $76,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)