The politics in 60465 Palos Hills, IL are quite active and involve many local elected officials. These include the Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and Aldermen who all work together to ensure the city is running smoothly. Every four years the residents of Palos Hills come out to vote for their representatives in local government. The election process includes several debates between candidates where they discuss plans for the city and highlight their qualifications for office. Local initiatives are passed by the city council, which aim to address community needs such as education funding or public safety measures. All residents are encouraged to participate in local government as it helps shape the future of Palos Hills and its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 60465 (Palos Hills, 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 60465 (Palos Hills, IL) is strongly liberal.
Palos Hills, 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.
Palos Hills, 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 60465 (Palos Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $39,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $17,583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)