The city of Aurora, IL is located in Kane County and has a population of over 200,000 people. In terms of local politics, the mayor of Aurora is Richard Irvin who was elected back in 2017 and is currently serving his second term. The city council consists of nine members that are elected at-large from three wards within Aurora. There are also many other political positions that are held by local representatives ranging from state senators and representatives to county board members and mayors of surrounding townships. Recently, the citizens of Aurora voted on a new park district referendum which passed with more than 60% approval rate. This park district is planned to provide additional recreational activities for residents to enjoy. With so many political figures representing the area, it’s clear that Aurora has a vibrant political scene that its citizens take an active role in engaging with.
The political climate in Zip 60505 (Aurora, IL) is somewhat 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 60505 (Aurora, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Aurora, Illinois is somewhat 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.
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 60505 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 667 contributions totaling $56,703 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $89,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)