The city of Oak Lawn, Illinois is a vibrant and active community located in Cook County. With a population of over 56,000 people, the city is a diverse melting pot of cultures, beliefs, and opinions that come together to make up its thriving politics. The politics in Oak Lawn are driven by local issues such as taxation, education, public safety, and infrastructure. There are five members on the City Council who are elected to serve two year terms. The Mayor is also elected for a four-year term. Current elections have featured several candidates who have put forward local agendas such as increased funding for public schools and improved services for seniors. In addition to these candidates, there are numerous political action committees representing different causes in the city which provide residents with information about various local issues and help them make informed decisions when it comes to voting.
The political climate in Zip 60453 (Oak Lawn, 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 60453 (Oak Lawn, IL) is strongly liberal.
Oak Lawn, 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.
Oak Lawn, 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 60453 (Oak Lawn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,279 contributions totaling $101,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $24,739 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)