Berkeley, IL is a small village located in Cook County. The local political scene is quite active, with the village board of trustees overseeing day-to-day operations and making decisions that affect the community. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to vote for their representatives on the board. In addition, there are several other local elections throughout the year, such as for mayor and other countywide offices. With these elections come a variety of candidates who are invested in the village’s success and eager to serve their community. Berkeley’s citizens take an active role in their local politics and use their voices to advocate for issues that matter to them. As such, they make sure to stay informed about upcoming elections and keep up with current events so they can make educated decisions when casting their votes.
The political climate in Zip 60163 (Berkeley, IL) is strongly 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 60163 (Berkeley, IL) is strongly liberal.
Berkeley, Illinois is strongly 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.
Berkeley, 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 60163 (Berkeley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $3,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $12,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)