Alsip, IL is a small village located in Cook County. It is comprised of a diverse population with roughly 19,000 residents. The local politics of Alsip are managed by the Village Council, which consists of six elected members who are tasked with creating and passing laws for the community. Additionally, they help ensure that all citizens have access to services such as public safety and health care. Through the council’s efforts, they seek to promote economic growth and development throughout the area while also preserving its cultural identity. Each year, local elections take place and citizens have the opportunity to make their voices heard by voting for candidates who will best represent them. These individuals will be responsible for making decisions that directly impact the daily lives of Alsip's residents and can thus make a significant difference in improving quality of life within the village.
The political climate in Alsip, IL is moderately 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
Alsip, IL is moderately 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.
Alsip, 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 Alsip, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,189 contributions totaling $32,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $21,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)