The 60610 zip code in Chicago, IL encompasses the neighborhoods of Old Town, Lincoln Park, and Goose Island. The area is known for its vibrant culture and diversity and is an important part of the city’s identity. Politically, the community is home to a diverse range of opinions with active political participation at the local level. In terms of representation, 60610 residents are represented by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and County Commissioner Alma Anaya who are all members of the Democratic Party. The area is also home to several precincts that have elected their own representatives on the national level including Congressman Mike Quigley and U.S Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth. 60610 residents are actively engaged in current issues that impact their daily lives such as public safety, education reform, economic development, infrastructure improvements, affordable housing initiatives, and environmental sustainability efforts.
The political climate in Zip 60610 (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 60610 (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 60610 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,200 contributions totaling $7,249,182 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $511 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,421 contributions totaling $2,650,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,865 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)