The city of Aurora, IL (zip code 60504) is located in the western suburbs of Chicago. As a smaller city, local politics take on a more personal and community-oriented level than larger cities do. Local candidates run for office to advocate for their constituents and the issues they face. Those elected to serve on the Aurora City Council are responsible for making decisions that affect their community. With the help of citizens’ input and active participation in local government, these leaders seek to create a better quality of life for all residents. From public safety measures to economic development initiatives, they work together to promote growth and progress throughout the city. Additionally, representatives from across the state come together at various conferences and meetings throughout the year to discuss shared challenges that Aurora faces as part of Illinois’s larger political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 60504 (Aurora, IL) is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60504 (Aurora, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Aurora, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Aurora, 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 60504 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 944 contributions totaling $95,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $35,761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)