Politics in Schaumburg, IL 60173 is dominated by local government. The city is run by a Mayor and six members of the City Council, who are elected by the citizens of Schaumburg every four years. These officials make decisions pertaining to budgeting, infrastructure, public safety, education, and other important topics. Beyond the local level, Schaumburg residents are also represented in Congress by one representative each from both the 8th congressional district and the 10th congressional district. Additionally, Illinois is represented in the United States Senate by two senators. With many opportunities for involvement in local politics, citizens of Schaumburg have access to multiple pathways to get involved and express their political beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 60173 (Schaumburg, 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 60173 (Schaumburg, IL) is strongly liberal.
Schaumburg, 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.
Schaumburg, 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 60173 (Schaumburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $432,647 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $560,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)