Chicago’s 60660 zip code is located in the north side of the city, and is home to a variety of different communities. As with many other parts of the city, politics plays an important role in the lives of residents in this area. There are two main political parties that hold sway in this zip code: The Democratic party and the Republican party. Locally, candidates from both major parties have been running for office at both state and federal levels. These candidates often focus on issues such as economic growth, education reform, environmental protection, and public safety. In general, most residents in 60660 tend to lean more towards Democratic candidates due to their beliefs about social justice and progressive values. It is also important to note that there are several third-party candidates who also run for office in this zip code every election year.
The political climate in Zip 60660 (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 60660 (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 60660 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,752 contributions totaling $972,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 299 contributions totaling $28,804 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)