The 60639 zip code in Chicago, IL is a culturally diverse community with a variety of cultural backgrounds represented. The area is known for its strong civic engagement and active political atmosphere. Local residents are passionate about their neighborhoods and working to ensure the health and wellbeing of the community. This has resulted in many initiatives aimed at creating opportunities for local youth, addressing issues with public safety, and improving quality of life. Residents have been actively engaged in local politics, attending town halls, forums, and demonstrations to make their voices heard on important topics. As a result of this engagement, there have been efforts from both local officials and organizations to ensure that all residents have access to the resources they need to thrive. This commitment to civic participation makes the politics in 60639 an environment of collaboration and creativity which furthers the goals of the community.
The political climate in Zip 60639 (Chicago, IL) is very 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
Zip 60639 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Chicago, Illinois is very 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.
Chicago, 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 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 60639 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $24,488 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $4,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)