The small town of 60520 Hinckley, IL is part of DeKalb County and is located in northern Illinois. The politics of the area are generally aligned with those of the county at large, favoring Democratic candidates in most elections. In 2020, Democratic nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the state's electoral votes. DeKalb County also voted for both Biden and Harris in the election. Though the population is relatively small, there is an active local political scene in Hinckley. Residents often meet to discuss local issues, engage with their representative, and come together to create policies that benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 60520 (Hinckley, IL) is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, IL is leaning liberal. In DeKalb County, IL 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained moderately Democratic, 51.4% to 45.6%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60520 (Hinckley, IL) is leaning conservative.
Hinckley, Illinois is leaning conservative.
DeKalb County, Illinois is leaning 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.
Hinckley, Illinois: r r 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 60520 (Hinckley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $528 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)