The 60608 zip code is located in the west side of Chicago, IL, in the Austin neighborhood. It is an economically disadvantaged area, with a poverty rate that is over double the city as a whole. Politically, the area is heavily Democratic and has been for many years. Most of the area’s representation at the local level comes from progressive-leaning representatives such as Illinois State Representative La Shawn K. Ford and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson. The area is also represented on the national level by US Representative Danny Davis who actively works to ensure that this underserved community receives its fair share of federal funding. As a whole, there is a strong commitment to social justice and equity within this community and it is reflected in their political activism.
The political climate in Zip 60608 (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 60608 (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 60608 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,917 contributions totaling $249,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $22,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)