Matteson, IL 60443 is a small town located in the south suburbs of Chicago and is part of Cook County. The town has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Sheila Chalmers-Currin who was elected in 2017 and her term ends in 2021. The village board consists of twelve trustees that are divided into six wards. Matteson is represented politically at the state level by Kim Foxx, a Democrat, and at the federal level by Robin Kelly, also a Democrat. The Matteson community has had recent success in encouraging voter turnout during elections and engaging residents in politics through their local government's initiatives. Matteson strives to be a place where all voices can be heard no matter their political party affiliation or beliefs. As such, both local and national politicians visit the town regularly to engage with residents on various topics and gain insight on issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 60443 (Matteson, 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 60443 (Matteson, IL) is strongly liberal.
Matteson, 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.
Matteson, 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 60443 (Matteson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 475 contributions totaling $79,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $10,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)