The city of 60463 Palos Heights, IL is governed by a City Council consisting of seven members each representing a ward. Elections are held every two years to elect four of the members. The mayor and clerk are elected at large from the entire city. The City Council, in turn, appoints a treasurer, deputy clerk and other officers necessary for the proper running of the city government.
Each year, the City Council passes an annual budget that establishes goals and objectives for the coming year. It also sets property tax rates and approves other fees necessary for delivering services to its residents. Through its various committees, such as Public Safety or Transportation and Infrastructure, it can act on local matters that impact the quality of life in Palos Heights such as maintaining public parks, implementing traffic safety measures or developing recreational programs.
The people of 60463 Palos Heights have access to many forums through which they can express their opinions on local political issues, from town hall meetings to interactive sessions with their elected representatives. Additionally they can become involved in local campaigns by encouraging friends and neighbors to vote in upcoming elections or volunteering for community outreach initiatives. Ultimately, it is up to them how much they choose to stay engaged with politics in 60463 Palos Heights.
The political climate in Zip 60463 (Palos Heights, IL) is moderately 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 60463 (Palos Heights, IL) is moderately liberal.
Palos Heights, Illinois is moderately 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.
Palos Heights, 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 60463 (Palos Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 444 contributions totaling $37,791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 434 contributions totaling $148,056 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)