The politics in Bolingbrook, IL are largely driven by local issues. The primary focus of the town is on providing quality services to the residents of the area, such as improving infrastructure and recreational activities. To ensure these objectives, the town is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Roger Claar, who was elected in 2013 and is running for reelection this year. Additionally, elections are held every two years for aldermen and trustees. These local officials work together to make decisions that are beneficial to the community as a whole. Every election cycle provides an opportunity for residents to influence their local government by voting for their preferred candidate and voicing their opinions on important issues.
The political climate in Bolingbrook, IL is leaning liberal.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bolingbrook, IL is leaning liberal.
Will 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.
Bolingbrook, 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 Bolingbrook, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,627 contributions totaling $1,068,961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,808 contributions totaling $913,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)