Politics in the 60645 Chicago, IL area are mostly determined by the decisions of the local government. The primary form of government in Chicago is the mayor-council, with Rahm Emanuel serving as current Mayor since 2011. Under Mayor Emanuel’s leadership, the city has taken on a number of initiatives to bolster local businesses and improve public services. In addition to the mayor-council system, there are also a number of state and federal representatives and senators that serve the residents of 60645. These representatives work to address issues specific to this area such as access to quality education, improved housing options, increased employment opportunities, and economic development. Additionally, local non-governmental organizations often host events and forums for constituents to voice their opinions about political matters or express their concerns for specific policies within the community. All these efforts strive to ensure that residents of 60645 have a voice in politics and ultimately better quality of life in their neighborhood.
The political climate in Zip 60645 (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 60645 (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 60645 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,932 contributions totaling $264,861 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $88,678 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)