Politics in 60464 Palos Park, IL are generally quite conservative. The area is represented by various Republican legislators in the House and Senate, including Senator John D. Cullerton. Voters in 60464 Palos Park mainly lean right on a variety of political topics, from taxes to social issues. In terms of local politics, the mayor is Robert Pilipiszyn and the village clerk is Mary Heneghan. The village government focuses on providing services for its community members and promoting economic development in the region. Residents typically come together to support various initiatives that create a positive environment for all who live here.
The political climate in Zip 60464 (Palos Park, 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 60464 (Palos Park, IL) is moderately liberal.
Palos Park, 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 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 60464 (Palos Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 718 contributions totaling $166,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 329 contributions totaling $129,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)