Forest Park, IL is a small village located near Chicago in Cook County. It has been known for its vibrant political activity. With the mayoral election coming up, candidates from both major parties have been actively campaigning for their respective visions of the future of Forest Park. The local political climate has always been one of passionate debate and discourse, which is reflected in the competitive races and ballot initiatives that come up every election cycle. Residents of Forest Park care deeply about their community and take great pride in their ability to shape it through activism and participation in politics. From environmental conservation efforts to economic development strategies, citizens take part in deciding the direction of their home town. As this year's election season approaches, there is sure to be plenty of interesting conversations about how best to move the town forward
The political climate in Forest 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
Forest 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.
Forest 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 Forest Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,009 contributions totaling $225,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $50,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)