Joliet, Illinois is located in Will County and is an important city for politics in the state. The city of Joliet has a strong local government that consists of an elected mayor and nine City Council members. This local government works to improve services for the community and ensure that residents have access to what they need. In addition to the mayor and council members, there are also representatives from a variety of political parties who are active in the Joliet area. These representatives provide support for their constituents by advocating on behalf of different issues, helping to organize events, and working with other elected officials to ensure the needs of Joliet are being addressed. The political landscape in 60435 Joliet is diverse with multiple candidates running for office each election cycle, giving voters plenty of options when it comes time to cast their ballot.
The political climate in Zip 60435 (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 60435 (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 60435 (Joliet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 695 contributions totaling $111,833 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $26,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)