Morton Grove, Illinois is a small city located about twenty miles north of Chicago. The city has a strong sense of community and an active government that strives to meet the needs of its citizens. The city council consists of six members who are elected for two-year terms and serve as the governing body of Morton Grove. They are responsible for setting policy, making budget decisions, and appointing civic committees. Moreover, they appoint a mayor every two years from among their ranks. The Mayor acts as the executive branch in running the day to day operations of the City and works with all departments to ensure that services are carried out efficiently and effectively. Local issues such as public safety, education, affordable housing, infrastructure improvements and economic development are discussed at City Council meetings and debated by local residents before decisions are made.
The political climate in Zip 60053 (Morton Grove, 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 60053 (Morton Grove, IL) is strongly liberal.
Morton Grove, 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.
Morton Grove, 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 60053 (Morton Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,116 contributions totaling $86,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $124,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $819 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)