Politics in Palos Park, IL is a vibrant and active part of the community. The Village of Palos Park is represented by elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, residents elect a mayor and six trustees to serve on the village board. On the state level, Palos Park is part of Illinois’ 3rd Congressional District and is served by Representative Dan Lipinski in Congress. On the federal level, it falls into Illinois’ 11th Congressional District for representation in Congress by Bill Foster. Village elections are held every two years with current Mayor Joe Cook as its leader. Residents take part in local government through active involvement in various committees and special task forces that provide advice to the village board on important matters related to zoning, economic development, public safety, recreation programs, and other important civic concerns.
The political climate in Palos Park, IL is somewhat 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
Palos Park, IL is somewhat 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.
Palos 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 Palos Park, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,851 contributions totaling $757,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,468 contributions totaling $820,858 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)