The city of Joliet, IL located in 60431 has a long history of progressive politics with a strong focus on community engagement. The local government values cultivating relationships between citizens and representatives, as well as providing accessible resources to its citizens. The current mayor is Bob O’Dekirk who is focused on making the city sustainable and equitable for all residents. He recently launched a program entitled “Complete Communities” to provide opportunities for all neighborhoods in Joliet to prosper. Additionally, he has been an advocate for increasing civic engagement through the city council meetings and establishing an active role in the community for local residents. Elections take place every four years with two candidates from each political party running for mayor. The most recent election was held in 2019 when Mayor Bob O’Dekirk was re-elected by a wide margin. He will continue to serve as Mayor until his term ends in 2023.
The political climate in Zip 60431 (Joliet, 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 60431 (Joliet, IL) is leaning liberal.
Joliet, 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.
Joliet, 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 60431 (Joliet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 575 contributions totaling $28,380 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $22,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)