The city of 60561 Darien, IL is located in DuPage County and is governed by the City Council. This five-member elected council is responsible for the oversight of municipal services such as police and fire protection, water services, snow removal, street maintenance and more. The council consists of a mayor and four commissioners who are all elected to four-year terms. The mayor serves as the chairperson of the council and oversees the day to day operations of the city. All members are elected on a non-partisan basis. The Mayor appoints commissioners to serve on various city boards including the Community Development Advisory Commission (CDAC), Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z), Recreation Commission (RC) and others. These commissions advise City Council on various issues related to economic development, planning, zoning, recreation programming, neighborhood services and other matters that may arise during their terms.
The political climate in Zip 60561 (Darien, IL) is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60561 (Darien, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Darien, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Darien, Illinois: R r 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 60561 (Darien)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,348 contributions totaling $155,546 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $46,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)