The politics in 60067 Palatine, IL are heavily impacted by the local government and elected officials. The village of Palatine is governed by a mayor-council form of government with a mayor and six council members who are all elected at-large to four-year terms. The current Mayor of Palatine is Jim Schwantz, and the Village Council consists of seven members who serve staggered four year terms. The village provides resources and sets policy for its citizens through a variety of committees including the Administration & Finance Committee, Public Safety & Health Committee, Community Services Committee, Physical Environment Committee, Human Relations Commission, Plan Commission, Appearance Review Commission and Tax Appeal Board. Local political candidates running for office in 60067 Palatine must focus on issues that are important to their constituents such as public safety, economic development and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 60067 (Palatine, 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 60067 (Palatine, IL) is strongly liberal.
Palatine, 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.
Palatine, 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 60067 (Palatine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,245 contributions totaling $272,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 805 contributions totaling $708,102 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $880 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)