The politics in the 60654 zip code of Chicago, IL are closely related to the state and city government, as well as the federal government. Although there are no local political candidates in this area, the people living in this zip code are very much involved with the citywide election process. Residents also have a say in state and national issues by voting for representatives and senators who represent their interests. Additionally, there is a large activist community within this zip code that actively works on promoting change through public service, grassroots organizing, and civic engagement. These efforts include working towards making sure that everyone has access to basic human needs such as healthcare, education, housing, food insecurity, environmental justice, economic security, public safety and more. Through these initiatives and more residents can work together to bring about positive change in their surrounding community.
The political climate in Zip 60654 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60654 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Chicago, Illinois is very liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very 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.
Chicago, Illinois: D D 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 60654 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,622 contributions totaling $3,120,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $675 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 632 contributions totaling $787,673 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,246 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)