River Forest, IL is a small village located in Cook County with a rich history. It is an affluent and diverse community that prides itself on being an active participant in local politics. The village of River Forest is part of the larger forest preserves district and provides its citizens with many opportunities to become involved in important civic issues. The village is home to several local political candidates who are passionate about making sure the community has a voice within our government. Residents of River Forest have access to a variety of resources including voter registration services, educational forums, and public forums where they can discuss issues, ask questions, and learn more about their local political representatives. With strong leadership from both elected officials and grassroots organizations, River Forest strives to ensure that its citizens feel heard when it comes to the political process.
The political climate in Zip 60305 (River Forest, 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 60305 (River Forest, IL) is strongly liberal.
River Forest, 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.
River Forest, 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 60305 (River Forest)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,720 contributions totaling $973,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 297 contributions totaling $150,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)