River Grove, IL is a small village located in Cook County. Although it has a population of just over 4,000 residents, the political climate in River Grove is still vibrant and dynamic. The village is represented in the Illinois General Assembly by state representatives Michele Piszczor and Christine Winger. At the local level, the village is governed by a six-member Board of Trustees who meet monthly to discuss issues and make decisions on behalf of the community. Issues that regularly come before the board include building permits, zoning requests, and other matters related to maintaining public order. Residents also have several opportunities throughout the year to engage with their elected officials directly through meetings at local government offices or during town hall events. No matter what your position on politics may be, River Grove provides many opportunities for civic engagement and involvement in local government.
The political climate in Zip 60171 (River Grove, 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 60171 (River Grove, IL) is strongly liberal.
River Grove, 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 Grove, 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 60171 (River Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 618 contributions totaling $24,601 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $5,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)