The village of Wheeling, IL, located in Cook County with a zip code of 60090, is an area where politics and the local government are important to those who call it home. There are several elected officials that hold positions in the local government that make decisions on behalf of the residents. These officials include the Mayor, Village Clerk, Village Trustees, and Police and Fire Commissioners. The political landscape in Wheeling is constantly evolving and there is always something new to keep its residents up to date on what is going on within their community. As a result, staying informed about local politics is very important for those living here. The input of citizens through open dialogue and voting helps to ensure that decisions that are made will be beneficial for the entire village.
The political climate in Zip 60090 (Wheeling, 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 60090 (Wheeling, IL) is strongly liberal.
Wheeling, 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.
Wheeling, 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 60090 (Wheeling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 827 contributions totaling $45,351 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $86,477 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $540 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)