The politics of 60076 Skokie, IL are largely reflective of the broader Cook County area. Cook County is a heavily democratic county, with the majority of its representatives in the Illinois House and Senate being Democratic candidates. The mayor of Skokie is Democrat George Van Dusen, who has served since 2015. In addition to the mayor, there are six trustees that make up the village board, three from each political party: Democrats Kim Gleeson and Marge Earl and Republicans Randy Roberts, Dan Anderson and Tom Lally. All of them have dedicated their time to serve the community over the years and have worked hard to ensure that all residents’ concerns are heard and addressed in a timely manner. In terms of local policies, Skokie generally leans to more progressive ideas such as increased public transportation access and support for small businesses. Overall, 60076 Skokie has a strong sense of community involvement in politics with an active citizenry that works towards positive change for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 60076 (Skokie, 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 60076 (Skokie, IL) is strongly liberal.
Skokie, 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.
Skokie, 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 60076 (Skokie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,787 contributions totaling $304,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $73,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)