The 60626 ZIP code is located in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, IL. This area is represented in the City Council by Alderman Michael Scott Jr. He has been an alderman since 2019 and is very passionate about helping his constituents by working to reduce crime in the area and improve access to quality services for residents. He supports a range of initiatives including youth leadership programs, financial literacy classes, education reform, and more. Additionally, he works closely with community partners to ensure that everyone in the district receives equal representation and opportunities to reach their full potential. In order to move forward on these goals, it is important that the community remains engaged and informed about political issues affecting their neighborhoods.
The political climate in Zip 60626 (Chicago, IL) is very 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 60626 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Chicago, Illinois is very 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.
Chicago, 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 60626 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,595 contributions totaling $442,862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $12,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)