Oak Park, IL is a suburban area located near Chicago, IL. It is home to a diverse population made up of people from various backgrounds and cultures. Politically, Oak Park has recently seen several local candidates running for office. These candidates have focused on issues such as crime prevention, environmental protection and economic development. In addition to these issues, the candidates have also discussed other topics such as education reform and infrastructure improvements. All of these issues are important in ensuring that Oak Park remains a safe and prosperous community for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Oak 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
Oak 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.
Oak 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 Oak Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,987 contributions totaling $3,276,305 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 593 contributions totaling $165,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)