Politics in 60151 Maple Park, IL are important to the local community. With a population of just over 8,000, the city is managed by a Mayor and six-member City Council. The Council meets monthly to discuss issues such as budgets, public works projects, ordinances and other matters. Local elections happen every two years where citizens can choose from a list of candidates running for office. These offices include Mayor, City Clerk and City Treasurer, among others. All candidates must follow state laws and municipal regulations when running their campaigns. Community engagement is encouraged with events such as town hall meetings and online forums taking place throughout the year so residents can make their voices heard on local matters.
The political climate in Zip 60151 (Maple Park, IL) is leaning liberal.
Kane County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Kane County, IL 56.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kane county remained strongly Democratic, 56.1% to 41.7%.
Kane county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60151 (Maple Park, IL) is leaning liberal.
Maple Park, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Kane 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.
Maple Park, 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 60151 (Maple Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $6,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $5,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)