Markham, IL 60428 has been served by Mayor David Webb since 2013. He was re-elected in 2017 and is currently serving his second term as mayor of this vibrant community. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to four year terms. The members represent the different city wards with each ward having two representatives. Together they work to ensure that the residents of Markham have all the necessary services and resources they need to thrive. They support local businesses, promote development, and strive to keep taxes low while still providing quality services for their constituents. All decisions are made with the best interest of all citizens in mind, and active participation from local residents is welcomed and encouraged.
The political climate in Zip 60428 (Markham, 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 60428 (Markham, IL) is strongly liberal.
Markham, 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.
Markham, 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 60428 (Markham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $4,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $2,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)