The politics of 60559 Westmont, IL are governed by the City Council of Westmont. This council is made up of seven members which are elected from the community every two years. Their main job is to make sure that local laws and regulations are upheld and enforced. Additionally, they create policies designed to improve the quality of life for all residents in the city. In the past few years, there have been several issues addressed, such as crime prevention, public safety, economic development, housing affordability and public infrastructure improvements. The City Council also works closely with other government agencies to ensure that valuable resources are properly allocated to provide services to citizens. All in all, Westmont's political environment is a vibrant one with leaders who strive to bring positive change for the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 60559 (Westmont, 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 60559 (Westmont, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Westmont, 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.
Westmont, 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 60559 (Westmont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 679 contributions totaling $74,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 204 contributions totaling $40,488 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)