The 60641 zip code in Chicago, IL is a culturally diverse area with a significant Latino and African American population. The area's politics revolve around the needs of its residents and local leaders strive to ensure these needs are met. For example, local organizations such as the Logan Square Neighborhood Association work hard to increase access to quality education, affordable housing, and social services for all members of the community. Additionally, city representatives are dedicated to addressing current issues such as economic development and public safety in order to make the 60641 area a better place for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 60641 (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 60641 (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 60641 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,912 contributions totaling $216,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $32,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)