Richton Park, IL is a small village located in Cook County. Despite its small population size, the community is very involved in local politics. The Village Board of Trustees is comprised of six members elected by residents every four years. The current president of the village board is Ken Taylor, and he has been serving since 2019. Issues discussed by the board cover topics such as infrastructure development, public safety, taxation, and zoning regulations. As part of their efforts to ensure that all residents have a say in policy decisions, Richton Park also holds regular town halls and public forums for citizens to voice their opinion on various issues that affect them. Additionally, they have an active political party system that encourages people to participate in local elections and get involved in their government by attending meetings or volunteering with various campaigns. All these activities ultimately help ensure that Richton Park remains a vibrant and thriving community for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Zip 60471 (Richton Park, 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 60471 (Richton Park, IL) is strongly liberal.
Richton Park, 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.
Richton 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 60471 (Richton Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 121 contributions totaling $19,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,316 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)