Tower Lakes leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.
About 98% of adults in Tower Lakes typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tower Lakes, ~53% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~2% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tower Lakes compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tower Lakes leans more Democratic than 94 of 157 neighbors.
Politically, Tower Lakes sits close to the rest of Illinois.
Why Tower Lakes leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Tower Lakes, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 76% of adults in Tower Lakes hold a bachelor's degree, about 48 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Tower Lakes sits in the top fifth on density (about 71%, above 92% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Tower Lakes, IL sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Tower Lakes looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Tower Lakes is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Tower Lakes own their home, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Tower Lakes have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Lake Zurich, IL D+10
- Cary, IL Even
- Oakwood Hills, IL R+10
- Hawthorn Woods, IL D+3
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Illinois State Board of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.