Politics in 60564 Naperville, IL are primarily dominated by the Republican Party. Although the city has a more diverse population than most other areas of the state, Republicans have traditionally held the majority of seats in both local and statewide government. In recent years, Naperville has seen an increase in political involvement from both Democrats and Independents, as more residents become involved with their local politics. The city's government is run by a mayor-council system, with a nonpartisan mayor elected every four years and nine members on the Council. Each member serves a two-year term and is responsible for representing their ward or district in the council. Naperville also holds regular primary elections to determine which candidates will appear on the ballot during general elections. In addition to electing representatives at all levels of government, Naperville residents have several opportunities to get involved in their local politics through civil service boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 60564 (Naperville, IL) is leaning liberal.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60564 (Naperville, IL) is leaning liberal.
Naperville, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Will 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.
Naperville, 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 60564 (Naperville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,912 contributions totaling $263,679 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 469 contributions totaling $122,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)