Addison, IL is a small town in DuPage County with a population of around 35,000. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and has had a rich history of local politics. Addison's current mayor is Richard Veenstra, who was elected in 2013. There have been multiple elections for Commissioner and Village Trustee since then. The village trustees are responsible for setting policy and overseeing operations in Addison. They work closely with the Mayor to ensure that all decisions made are beneficial to the people and businesses of Addison. All candidates must be registered voters living within the Addison city limits. Elections for local offices are held every two years, giving residents a chance to take an active role in their community's future.
The political climate in Addison, 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
Addison, IL 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.
Addison, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Addison, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,160 contributions totaling $1,323,409 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,811 contributions totaling $5,508,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,445 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)