Although the 2020 general election proved bitter fruit for some local Democratic Party candidates who fell short of victory last November, one lesson is clear: Kendall County continues to trend away from its historic Republican roots.
Between the 2016 and 2020 elections, Democrats gained ground in more Kendall County voter precincts than Republicans, according to a new interactive map from the New York Times. The biggest gains were recorded in blooming, diverse subdivisions in Oswego and Montgomery, although large swaths of the county’s rural southern half also trended away from former President Donald Trump by large margins.