Mount Prospect, IL is a suburban village in Cook County with approximately 54,000 inhabitants. The local politics in Mount Prospect are represented by the village president and six trustees who make up the municipal government. The local elections take place every two years where residents of the village have the chance to vote for a trustee or the village president of their choice. All elected officials must run on platforms that are best suited for the needs of their constituents and work together to ensure that policies are efficiently implemented. The village president is responsible for setting agendas and overseeing administration while trustees support legislation to benefit those living in Mount Prospect. Over the years, many dedicated representatives have worked hard to maintain a healthy balance between providing quality services to its citizens while upholding fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 60056 (Mount Prospect, 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 60056 (Mount Prospect, IL) is strongly liberal.
Mount Prospect, 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.
Mount Prospect, 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 60056 (Mount Prospect)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,512 contributions totaling $168,047 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 375 contributions totaling $71,747 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)