The politics in the 60074 Palatine, IL area are largely dominated by the Democratic and Republican Parties. The most recent election saw a large majority voting for Democratic candidates. The Mayor of Palatine is Kabir Bhatia, who was elected in 2017 and is affiliated with the Democratic Party. He has been working to make improvements to the local infrastructure, as well as supporting businesses in the area. There have also been initiatives to work on creating more affordable housing while keeping taxes low. The City Council is made up of seven members, three from each party, who work together to determine policies that reflect their constituents’ needs. They recently implemented a ban on plastic straws throughout all city restaurants and businesses in an effort to reduce waste and conserve resources.
The political climate in Zip 60074 (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 60074 (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 60074 (Palatine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 687 contributions totaling $80,834 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $62,752 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)