The politics of 60661 Chicago, IL are heavily influenced by the population and local political candidates. The residents of this neighborhood are diverse, with a significant racial breakdown including non-Hispanic whites (36.5%), African-Americans (38.8%), Hispanics (17.5%), and other races (7.1%). Local political candidates have to be mindful of the diversity that exists in this area as they seek to represent the needs of its citizens in an equitable way. The issues that are important to the people of 60661 include quality education, economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and environmental sustainability initiatives among others. Candidates must focus on these issues in order to gain the trust and support of their constituents. All stakeholders must work together in order to ensure that justice is served for all members of this community and ensure that everyone is able to live up to their full potential regardless of race or background.
The political climate in Zip 60661 (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 60661 (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 60661 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,206 contributions totaling $518,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $430 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $363,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,925 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)