The town of Plainfield, IL, located in 60585 zip code, is a part of DuPage and Will County and is served by a number of local government agencies. The local political environment consists of the Plainfield Village President and six village trustees who are elected at-large for a four-year term. At the county level, the citizens of Plainfield are represented by several commissioners on both the Will County Board and the DuPage County Board. There are also representatives in both the Illinois State Senate and State House, as well as members of Congress from this district who all work to serve the interests of Plainfield residents. In general, local politics in 60585 Plainfield involve issues like taxes, public safety, infrastructure development, economic growth and social services. All levels of government work together to ensure that Plainfield enjoys a high quality of life and remains a desirable place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 60585 (Plainfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
Will County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Will County, IL 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Will county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 44.8%.
Will county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60585 (Plainfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
Plainfield, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Will County, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Plainfield, Illinois: r r 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 60585 (Plainfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $52,667 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $22,528 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)