Evergreen Park, IL is a small village located in Cook County. It is governed by a mayor and six trustees who are elected to four-year terms. The mayor is the head of the local government and works closely with the Village Clerk, Village Manager, and the trustees to ensure that Evergreen Park runs smoothly and efficiently. The village has various committees like Planning & Zoning and Public Safety that help address local issues. These committees are made up of residents who volunteer their time to serve their community. Local elections take place every two years, where registered voters in Evergreen Park can cast their ballot for mayoral or trustee candidates who they feel best represent their interests. Additionally, initiatives like Project Evergreen Park encourage citizens to get involved in local government by attending meetings, giving input on public policies, and engaging with elected officials on issues important to the community.
The political climate in Evergreen Park, 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
Evergreen Park, 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.
Evergreen 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 Evergreen Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 456 contributions totaling $41,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $23,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)