The city of Burlington, IL is located in Kane County, and falls within the 60109 zip code. The city has a population of just over 2,600 people and is governed by a mayor and six-member board of trustees. Burlington elects leaders based on the local issues and needs of its citizens. The current mayor is Mark Schackmann, who was elected in 2017 after serving as an Alderman for eight years prior. There are five Aldermen representing wards in Burlington who are responsible for carrying out the wishes of their constituents. As with most cities in Illinois, the political environment in Burlington is a mix of Republican and Democratic views. All board members work hard to ensure that their decisions are made with knowledge and understanding of what will best suit the needs of all residents.
The political climate in Zip 60109 (Burlington, IL) is leaning liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60109 (Burlington, IL) is leaning liberal.
Burlington, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Kane County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Burlington, Illinois: R R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 60109 (Burlington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,054 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)