Politics in West Chicago, IL, a city with a population of over 28,000 people, are quite important to its residents. The City Council is the governing body for the city and works on behalf of the citizens to set policy for the municipality. It is responsible for enacting laws and ordinances that ensure safety, prosperity and quality of life for all its citizens. The mayor is elected by the people in a general election every four years. Local candidates from both parties have been campaigning vigorously to represent their constituents at the local level. The current Mayor has been successful in pushing for economic development initiatives that have improved job opportunities and increased investment within the city limits. He has also taken steps to strengthen public safety measures, such as improving police training and investing in smart technology to help monitor crime activity. Residents value having strong leaders representing their interests in government and take part in local elections when they can.
The political climate in Zip 60185 (West Chicago, IL) is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, IL is moderately liberal. In DuPage County, IL 57.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DuPage county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.7% to 39.7%.
DuPage county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60185 (West Chicago, IL) is somewhat liberal.
West Chicago, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
DuPage County, Illinois is moderately 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.
West Chicago, Illinois: R r 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 60185 (West Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 698 contributions totaling $64,167 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $136,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)