The politics in 60827 Riverdale, IL are heavily influenced by the state of Illinois and its laws. The area is represented on the state level by elected members of the House of Representatives and the Senate. On a local level, Riverdale's mayor and city council are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of its citizens. The mayor and city council members are elected every four years, allowing residents to have a say in how their community is governed. Regularly held town hall meetings also give citizens a chance to voice their concerns and opinions about local politics. In addition, several annual festivals and events bring local residents together to celebrate their community spirit and contribute to the political dialogue in Riverdale.
The political climate in Zip 60827 (Riverdale, IL) is very 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 60827 (Riverdale, IL) is very liberal.
Riverdale, Illinois is very 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.
Riverdale, 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 60827 (Riverdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 187 contributions totaling $5,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $6,290 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $699 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)