South Chicago Heights, IL is a small town located just outside of the bustling city of Chicago. The politics in South Chicago Heights are very much focused on improving the quality of life for the residents. This includes initiatives such as investing in local infrastructure projects, creating youth and adult education programs, and providing financial support for small businesses. To ensure that these projects are successful, local political candidates work hard to engage with their constituents and understand their needs. They strive to make sure that all voices are represented when decisions are made about how best to improve the town. These efforts are essential to keeping South Chicago Heights vibrant and prosperous into the future.
The political climate in South Chicago Heights, 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
South Chicago Heights, 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.
South Chicago Heights, 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 South Chicago Heights, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,618 contributions totaling $60,748 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $16,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)