Joliet, Illinois is located in Will County and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The city has a population of 147,433 and is home to many diverse communities. Politically, Joliet has a strong Democratic presence. In the 2016 presidential election, Joliet residents voted heavily for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. At the local level, there are several political candidates who aim to represent Joliet's varied interests in government. Among these candidates are country board members Michelle Harris and Sylvia Rivera; state senate representative Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant; and state representatives Larry Walsh Jr., Natalie Manley, and Bob Rita. These leaders seek to shape policies that benefit the citizens of Joliet and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 60433 (Joliet, IL) is somewhat 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 60433 (Joliet, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Joliet, Illinois is somewhat 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 60433 (Joliet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $10,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $3,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)