Bradley, IL (60915) is a small city located in Kankakee County. It is known for its diverse community and local businesses that support the area. Although Bradley is a small city, it still has an active political scene. The mayor of Bradley is Dave Adams, who was elected in 2019. The City Council consists of eight members representing each ward in the city. There are also representatives from the Kankakee County Board in charge of setting policies for the county. Local elections are held every two years and residents can vote for their preferred candidates on ballot measures and local races such as school board seats or mayor. With so many candidates running for office, residents in Bradley have plenty of opportunities to get involved with their local politics and make sure their voices are heard by casting their votes at election time.
The political climate in Zip 60915 (Bradley, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Kankakee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Kankakee County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kankakee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
Kankakee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60915 (Bradley, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Bradley, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Kankakee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Bradley, Illinois: r R d r R R
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 60915 (Bradley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $6,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $1,522 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)