Skokie, IL 60203 is a town located in the state of Illinois and is home to a vibrant community. The town is served by local elected officials at the state and county level who come together to best serve the interests of the residents. In addition to these officials, there are also several local political organizations that citizens can join in order to become more active in Skokie’s politics. These organizations help bring awareness to issues that are important to the community such as education, public safety, housing, transportation and economic development among many others. Through their efforts, these groups ensure that the people of Skokie have access to all the resources they need to lead successful lives in their community.
The political climate in Zip 60203 (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 60203 (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 60203 (Skokie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,426 contributions totaling $298,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $50,499 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)