Melrose Park, IL is a small suburb in the Chicagoland area. It has a rich history as a working-class community and is currently home to over 24,000 residents. The politics of Melrose Park are largely reflective of its diverse population, with many different perspectives represented among its citizens. Local elections feature a wide variety of candidates from both major parties and smaller independent political organizations seeking to represent the city's interests. Issues at the forefront of local political debates include affordable housing, job opportunities for residents, economic development, public safety and education. Recently the city has also been engaged in conversations about environmental issues such as renewable energy and green initiatives. All of these issues play an important role in ensuring that Melrose Park remains a safe and vibrant place to live for all its citizens.
The political climate in Melrose 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
Melrose 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.
Melrose 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 Melrose Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,227 contributions totaling $113,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 319 contributions totaling $44,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)