Oak Brook, IL 60523 is a thriving community with a robust political landscape. With the 2020 election season underway, local voters are encouraged to cast their ballots for the candidates that best represent their values and interests. The Oak Brook area has been home to many prominent politicians over the years, including Robert \"Bob\" Clarida who served as Mayor of Oak Brook from 1993-2001. Other notable figures include William D. Kolinek and Kathleen Ryg, both members of the Illinois House of Representatives. As elections approach, residents of Oak Brook can expect to see an abundance of local political candidates running for office. Candidates for mayor, city council, school board and other positions will be campaigning throughout the area in order to earn the community's vote.
The political climate in Zip 60523 (Oak Brook, IL) is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60523 (Oak Brook, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Oak Brook, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
Oak Brook, 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 60523 (Oak Brook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,429 contributions totaling $450,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 839 contributions totaling $923,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)