The town of Skokie, Illinois is a vibrant community located in Cook County. The city is known for its diverse population, culture and business opportunities. In terms of politics, Skokie is represented in the Illinois State Senate by Senator Laura Fine and in the Illinois House of Representatives by Representative Robyn Gabel. At the local level, there are many political organizations that serve to engage citizens in local governance. There are also several initiatives to encourage people to get involved in their own neighborhoods through voting and participating in local discussions. The city prides itself on being an inclusive and progressive environment, with active participation from all members of the community.
The political climate in Zip 60077 (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 60077 (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 60077 (Skokie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,711 contributions totaling $312,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 392 contributions totaling $1,156,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,950 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)