Oak Park, IL 60301 is a vibrant community with strong political values and traditions. The city of Oak Park is served by a village president and six village trustees elected from different districts in the city. Local politics are often focused on improving the quality of life for residents, such as providing resources for housing, education, and public safety. In terms of policy initiatives, Oak Park has recently approved an Environmental Plan to reduce pollution and energy consumption in the city. Residents also actively participate in civic engagement programs designed to further empower local citizens to get involved in their own neighborhoods and communities. With its active political landscape, Oak Park serves as a model for other cities in Illinois and beyond looking to better their own communities through engaging their residents in government decision making.
The political climate in Zip 60301 (Oak Park, IL) is very 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 60301 (Oak Park, IL) is very liberal.
Oak Park, Illinois is very 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.
Oak Park, 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 60301 (Oak Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,304 contributions totaling $102,095 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)