The city of La Grange Park, IL is located in Cook County and is part of the 60526 zip code. It has a diverse community of residents, including families, young professionals, and retirees. Local politics in La Grange Park focuses on issues that affect the quality of life for residents. Some topics discussed by local politicians include public safety, education, transportation, infrastructure development, economic development initiatives and environmental protection. In addition to discussing these core issues, the city's elected officials are also responsible for making sure that their constituents' voices are heard and taken into account when decisions are made. They strive to create an environment where everyone's needs are met and all voices are heard. Through engaging with their constituents and working together on mutual goals, local politicians in La Grange Park help to create a better place for its citizens to live.
The political climate in Zip 60526 (La Grange Park, IL) is strongly liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60526 (La Grange Park, IL) is strongly liberal.
La Grange Park, Illinois is strongly liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very 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.
La Grange Park, Illinois: D D 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 60526 (La Grange Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 725 contributions totaling $78,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $46,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)