The city of Des Plaines, IL is located in Cook County and has a population of approximately 58,000 people. The city is served by the mayor and six aldermen on the City Council, who are elected to four-year terms. The current Mayor of Des Plaines is Matthew Bogusz, who was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. The City Council is responsible for passing ordinances and setting the budget for necessary services such as police, fire protection, health care, public works improvements, infrastructure maintenance, recreation programs, and other local services. The city also has a strong focus on developing economic opportunities for businesses by working with local leaders to attract new business growth to the area. Residents have access to many amenities in the community including schools, parks, libraries, restaurants and shopping areas. Des Plaines takes an active role in promoting civic engagement through various programs such as town hall meetings and public forums where citizens can voice their opinions about important topics affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 60018 (Des Plaines, IL) is strongly 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 60018 (Des Plaines, IL) is strongly liberal.
Des Plaines, Illinois is strongly 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.
Des Plaines, 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 60018 (Des Plaines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 560 contributions totaling $108,039 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 255 contributions totaling $692,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,716 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)