Joliet, IL (60586) is a city located in Will County, Illinois. It is governed by a mayor and a city council. The mayor of Joliet is Bob O'Dekirk who was elected in 2017. The Joliet City Council consists of 10 members who are elected from individual wards within the city. All of the members of the council serve four-year terms.
The current political climate in Joliet can be characterized as relatively stable and transparent. Local elections are held periodically, giving citizens the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates for mayor and city council member. There is also plenty of information available about local politics so that citizens can make informed decisions when casting their ballots. Additionally, there is ongoing communication between city officials and residents to ensure that everyone's needs and opinions are heard and taken into account when making decisions on behalf of the community.
The political climate in Zip 60586 (Joliet, IL) is leaning conservative.
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 60586 (Joliet, IL) is leaning conservative.
Joliet, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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 60586 (Joliet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 887 contributions totaling $25,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $17,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)