The city of 60546 Riverside, IL is a vibrant and diverse community that is known for its commitment to local politics. The City Council works together to ensure that the residents have a say in what goes on in their city. They focus on responding to citizen requests, advocating for economic development and protecting the environment. Recent initiatives include increasing public participation in local issues, working with businesses to create more job opportunities and improving the quality of life for all citizens. The mayor and city council members are elected from among the residents in 60546 Riverside and they work closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that legislation is passed that will benefit the people of 60546 Riverside. The goal of the City Council is to make sure that all voices are heard and that every individual can contribute to making the city an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 60546 (Riverside, 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 60546 (Riverside, IL) is strongly liberal.
Riverside, 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.
Riverside, 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 60546 (Riverside)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,022 contributions totaling $115,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $44,423 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)