The city of Zion, IL, is a diverse and vibrant community located in Lake County. It is home to many different businesses, educational facilities, and recreational amenities. As far as politics are concerned, Zion has an active political environment with a variety of local candidates running for office each election cycle. The city prides itself on its open and transparent governance style that encourages citizen involvement. There are currently three major political parties represented in the city: the Republican party, the Democratic party, and the Green party. Each of these parties has their own platform which focuses on issues ranging from economic growth to environmental sustainability. Local candidates often compete for votes by highlighting their respective platforms in candidate forums or debates held throughout the city. Additionally, elected officials regularly host town hall meetings where citizens can voice their opinions while learning more about proposed policies or initiatives. All in all, Zion’s political arena provides plenty of opportunities for residents to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 60099 (Zion, IL) is moderately liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60099 (Zion, IL) is moderately liberal.
Zion, Illinois is moderately liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly 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.
Zion, 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 60099 (Zion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 748 contributions totaling $33,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $23,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)