Harvey, IL is located in the northeastern corner of Cook County and is home to over 25,000 residents. The city has a strong focus on local politics and civic engagement. The City Council is composed of seven members who are responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the city as well as making important decisions regarding its future direction. The mayor is elected by the people and serves a four year term. Furthermore, each ward has two representatives that help represent their constituents’ interests to the City Council. The local government takes great pride in providing a high level of services and programs for its citizens such as community development projects, job training programs, and crime prevention initiatives. There are also many volunteer opportunities available for those looking to get involved in their community. Through these efforts, Harvey strives to maintain an environment that encourages growth and opportunity among all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 60426 (Harvey, 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 60426 (Harvey, IL) is very liberal.
Harvey, 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.
Harvey, 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 60426 (Harvey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $254,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6,070 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)