Westchester, IL is a village in Cook County located approximately 23 miles from downtown Chicago. Politically, it falls within the 11th Congressional District of Illinois, which is represented by Democrat Bill Foster. At the state level, Westchester is part of the 49th district and is currently represented by Democrat Emanuel \"Chris\" Welch. Locally, the government of Westchester consists of a mayor and six trustees who are responsible for making decisions about the village's budget, zoning ordinances and other laws. The current mayor of Westchester is Sam Pulia who was elected in 2017. In addition to Pulia, there are five other trustees on the board including Vice Mayor Jack Hughes, Sean Killion, Tom Carbone, Chris Zucchero and Kelly Klopsch. All members of the board serve four-year terms with elections for each seat being held every two years. The village also has several committees that oversee various aspects of local life such as business development and recreation. All these officials work together to create an environment where people can live and work safely while also having access to amenities that enrich their lives.
The political climate in Westchester, 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
Westchester, 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.
Westchester, 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 Westchester, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 680 contributions totaling $41,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 472 contributions totaling $37,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)