Highland Park, IL is a vibrant city located in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It has a long history of civic engagement and strong local government. Residents take an active role in their community and have an array of elected officials representing them at the city, county, state, and federal level. Representatives from Highland Park serve on the City Council, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Illinois General Assembly, and U.S. Congress. These local political candidates work hard to ensure that the citizens’ needs are met and that their rights are protected. Additionally, Highland Park has a variety of committees and groups that focus on improving the quality of life for residents by addressing issues such as public safety, economic development, education, sustainability initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 60035 (Highland Park, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60035 (Highland Park, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Highland Park, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Highland Park, 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 60035 (Highland Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,820 contributions totaling $6,145,002 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,310 contributions totaling $1,146,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $875 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)