Located in Cook County, 60438 Lansing is a small city with a population of 28,336. While the city doesn't have any local political candidates, it does have a representative voice in its government. The city is served by Illinois Senator Toi Hutchinson and Representatives Marcus Evans Jr. and Robert Rita from the 40th District. All three are part of the Democratic party and work to ensure that the residents of 60438 receive quality services and have their voices heard in Springfield and Washington D.C. Additionally, Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller also represents 60438 Lansing along with other areas in southern Cook County. The commissioners work closely with local officials to provide necessary resources to ensure that all citizens are well taken care of.
The political climate in Zip 60438 (Lansing, IL) is strongly 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 60438 (Lansing, IL) is strongly liberal.
Lansing, Illinois is strongly 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.
Lansing, 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 60438 (Lansing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $27,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $7,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)