The town of Homer Glen, IL (Zip Code 60491) is a part of Will County with a population estimated at 24,220 in 2019. It is located southwest of Chicago and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Politically, the town leans largely towards conservative ideals and traditionally votes Republican. The mayor of Homer Glen is George Yukich who was elected in 2013 and has since been re-elected for multiple terms. Other members of the Town Council include Trustees Mark Alderman, Gary Oglesby, Ed Schussler, Mary Ross Cunningham, and Tom Phelan. Additionally, Homer Glen residents are represented in Congress by Republican Adam Kinzinger in Illinois’ 16th District. Serving as local representatives on the state level are Republican Keith Wheeler for the 50th District in the Illinois House and Republican Sue Rezin for the 38th District in the Illinois Senate.
The political climate in Zip 60491 (Homer Glen, IL) is leaning liberal.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60491 (Homer Glen, IL) is leaning liberal.
Homer Glen, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Will County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Homer Glen, 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 60491 (Homer Glen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,020 contributions totaling $36,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $69,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)