The politics in 60425 Glenwood, IL are composed of a variety of different interests and affiliations. This is due to the area’s diverse population and the many different backgrounds that its citizens come from. The town hosts several political organizations such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Green Party; with each having a local chapter in the community. Local elections often have a variety of candidates running for various offices, such as mayor, school board members, and city council members. These elections usually include issues like taxes, education reform, environmental protection laws, public safety initiatives and more. As the citizens of 60425 Glenwood come from all walks of life and have diverse interests, it creates an interesting political climate that allows all sides to be heard when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 60425 (Glenwood, 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 60425 (Glenwood, IL) is strongly liberal.
Glenwood, 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.
Glenwood, 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 60425 (Glenwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $9,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)