60617 Chicago is part of the 7th Illinois Congressional District, which is represented in Congress by Danny K. Davis of the Democratic Party. The district also includes parts of Chicago's West Side and western suburbs. Locally, 60617 is represented by Alderman Ray Lopez from the 15th Ward on the city council. Lopez has served as alderman since 2011 and is currently working to improve access to housing and create more jobs in the community. He also advocates for better public safety measures and increased access to quality education in the area. Additionally, Lopez works to foster better relationships between police officers and local residents, while standing up against gun violence in his ward. Overall, he strives to make sure that all residents of 60617 have a voice in their local politics.
The political climate in Zip 60617 (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 60617 (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 60617 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,271 contributions totaling $88,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $6,363 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)