Franklin Park, Illinois is located in Cook County and is known for its vibrant and diverse community. With a population of over 19,000 people, the city enjoys a variety of recreational activities, shopping centers, and excellent schools. Politics in Franklin Park are quite active and there are many local political candidates vying for office. These candidates represent the interests of their constituents including issues related to economic growth, public safety, tax reform, housing, and education. The citizens of Franklin Park have many opportunities to become involved in politics by attending candidate forums or voting on election day. By joining together to support their chosen representative or issue at the polls or through direct action such as rallies or protests, residents can ensure that their voice is heard in local decision-making processes.
The political climate in Zip 60131 (Franklin Park, 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 60131 (Franklin Park, IL) is strongly liberal.
Franklin Park, 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.
Franklin 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 60131 (Franklin Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $28,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $11,612 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)