Chicago, IL 60620 is a vibrant community of diverse backgrounds and perspectives. Located in the heart of Chicago’s northside neighborhoods, it is home to an active and engaged population. The political scene in 60620 is one of collaboration and dialogue. Local politicians seek to represent the needs of their constituents while finding ways to address the decades-long challenges facing Chicago as a whole. Community forums regularly bring together residents to discuss current issues and connect with local officials. In addition, there are countless opportunities for civic engagement across the city, from demonstrations and protests to local advocacy organizations. No matter how you choose to get involved, it’s clear that politics matters in 60620 and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 60620 (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 60620 (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 60620 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $44,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)