The small city of Manhattan, Illinois (zip code 60442) is located in Will County and is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. While the city is not particularly large, it has a strong local political scene, with a number of different elected officials representing the residents in government. For example, at the state level, Jonathan Carroll is the Democratic representative for the 57th district in the Illinois House of Representatives. Additionally, Michael Hastings serves as State Senator for District 19. At a local level, Manhattan is represented by Mayor James Doyle and three Aldermen - Henry Waskiewicz Jr., John Burrows and Debbie Ohlau-Burrows. Each of these elected officials work to serve their constituents and ensure that Manhattan continues to be a thriving community.
The political climate in Zip 60442 (Manhattan, 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 60442 (Manhattan, IL) is leaning conservative.
Manhattan, 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.
Manhattan, 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 60442 (Manhattan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 652 contributions totaling $8,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $31,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)