The city of Forest Park, IL (zip code 60130) is served by a small local government that works hard to serve the needs of its citizens. The Mayor and six Alderman are elected officials who make decisions on behalf of the residents in the city. Their primary goals are to create an environment where people can live, work, and play safely and comfortably. In addition to traditional government services such as public safety and infrastructure maintenance, the local government also focuses on economic development initiatives, neighborhood revitalization projects, community programs for seniors and youth, and support for small businesses. Forest Park is always looking for ways to improve its quality of life for its citizens and visitors alike.
The political climate in Zip 60130 (Forest Park, 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 60130 (Forest Park, IL) is very liberal.
Forest Park, 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.
Forest Park, 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 60130 (Forest Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,884 contributions totaling $103,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $5,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)