Downers Grove, IL (60516) is a suburban village located in DuPage County. The town is home to over 49,000 people and prides itself on its strong sense of community. Politically, Downers Grove is a reliably Republican district that has sent the party's candidates to both the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois General Assembly for many years. However, as the population of Downers Grove grows, so does its diversity in political views: more people are beginning to express their support for progressive policies and candidates from both sides of the aisle. Through initiatives such as open forums and public debates, Downers Grove residents are discussing their concerns and working together to create fair policy solutions for their community.
The political climate in Zip 60516 (Downers Grove, 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 60516 (Downers Grove, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Downers Grove, 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.
Downers Grove, 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 60516 (Downers Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,462 contributions totaling $127,795 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 591 contributions totaling $92,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)