Calumet Park, Illinois is a small community located in Cook County. It has a history of political involvement and active citizens who are passionate about the issues that affect their city. The City Council consists of six members who work together to address the needs of the community. They are committed to providing efficient government services while also creating an environment where all citizens can feel safe and welcomed. In addition, Calumet Park's local government strives to ensure the fair representation of all residents in their policies and decisions. Recently, the council has focused on improving infrastructure, increasing public safety measures, and addressing poverty within the community. Through these initiatives, they hope to create a better quality of life for those who call Calumet Park home.
The political climate in Calumet Park, 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
Calumet Park, IL 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.
Calumet Park, 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 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 Calumet Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $5,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $6,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $699 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)