Grant Park, IL 60940 is a rural community in Kankakee County that is largely agricultural. Although there are no specific local political candidates from the Grant Park area, residents are still active in politics and have a strong sense of civic responsibility. The people of Grant Park take an interest in all sorts of local issues including land use, tax reform, education, and public safety. They understand the importance of voting and staying informed about what their representatives are doing to improve their communities. Residents are encouraged to get involved in local government and attend city council meetings to make sure their voice is heard on important matters affecting their town.
The political climate in Zip 60940 (Grant Park, IL) is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, IL is moderately conservative. In Kankakee County, IL 40.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kankakee county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 40.5%.
Kankakee county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60940 (Grant Park, IL) is moderately conservative.
Grant Park, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee County, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Kankakee Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Grant Park, Illinois: r R d r R R
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 60940 (Grant Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $25 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $4,080 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)