The politics in Hickory Hills, IL are incredibly diverse and involve a great number of people from all walks of life. Every aspect of the city is politically involved, from the mayor to the local council members to the school board. Every election brings out passionate candidates who are eager to make a positive change in their community. Local issues such as education, zoning, taxes, and public safety are regularly discussed and debated in order to create solutions that will benefit everyone involved. The citizens of Hickory Hills take pride in being informed on local political issues so they can participate in their democracy and help move their community forward.
The political climate in Hickory Hills, 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
Hickory Hills, 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.
Hickory Hills, 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 Hickory Hills, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 663 contributions totaling $203,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $307 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $61,078 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)