The city of Bensenville, IL (zip code 60106) is a diverse and vibrant community located in DuPage County. With a total area of 6.4 square miles, the city is home to 14,904 residents according to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau Estimate. Residents of Bensenville enjoy a wide variety of amenities including parks, trails, shopping centers and restaurants, as well as the convenient access to major expressways into the Chicago metropolitan area.
The politics in 60106 Bensenville are managed by Mayor Frank Soto and several other local politicians representing various districts throughout the city. The City Council is composed of five elected council members who serve 4 year terms. Members handle issues such as zoning oversight, budgeting decisions and policymaking for the city government as well as providing representation for their constituents within their respective districts. The mayor works closely with the City Council to ensure that citizen voices are heard and respected when it comes to making important decisions that affect all citizens of Bensenville.
The political climate in Zip 60106 (Bensenville, 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 60106 (Bensenville, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Bensenville, 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.
Bensenville, 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 60106 (Bensenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $29,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $20,626 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)