Politics in the 60602 neighborhood of Chicago, IL are largely dominated by the Democratic Party. Local representatives include Bobby Rush, a Democrat who represents Illinois' 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives; Kwame Raoul, a Democrat who serves as Illinois Attorney General; and Robert Martwick, a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate who represents District 19. Additionally, the Cook County Board of Commissioners is made up of 17 districts- 15 Democrats and 2 Republicans- all working to improve the quality of life for Chicagoland residents. The mayor of Chicago is Lori Lightfoot, an experienced public servant and lawyer who was elected in 2019 after running on a platform focused on strengthening communities and tackling inequality. Local issues impacting the 60602 neighborhood include affordable housing and homelessness, education reform, criminal justice reform, and economic opportunity for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 60602 (Chicago, IL) is very 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 60602 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Chicago, Illinois is very 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.
Chicago, 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 60602 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,563 contributions totaling $2,926,613 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $605,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)