Harvey, IL is a small city located in Cook County with a population of around 25,000 people. It has its own form of local government, which is responsible for maintaining the city's infrastructure and services. The local government consists of the Mayor and City Council, who are all elected by the residents. Each year, Harvey residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in municipal elections. These elections decide who will become Harvey’s Mayor and City Councilmembers for the duration of their term. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for making decisions that will affect the quality of life and future growth of Harvey. This includes overseeing infrastructure projects, implementing laws to protect the rights of citizens and regulating public safety initiatives like crime prevention programs. They also create budgets to ensure that resources are allocated appropriately so that Harvey can flourish economically while providing essential services to residents.
The political climate in Harvey, IL is very 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
Harvey, IL is very 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.
Harvey, 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 Harvey, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 635 contributions totaling $551,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $869 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $25,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)