Downers Grove, IL 60515 is a vibrant and growing suburban area located 20 miles outside of Chicago. Politics in the area are heavily influenced by local issues, such as providing adequate funding to essential services like schools and public transportation. In local elections, Downers Grove residents vote on local representatives for city council, mayor, and other government positions that are responsible for managing the town’s budget and setting policies. There are many candidates running in each election cycle who all have different ideas about how to best serve the community and create positive outcomes for everyone living in Downers Grove. Local politicians also focus on creating initiatives to make Downers Grove more sustainable and affordable, while preserving its unique character. Community engagement is an important part of politics in 60515 Downers Grove: all citizens should stay aware of upcoming elections, research their chosen candidates’ platforms and backgrounds, and use their voices to elect representatives they believe will lead with integrity.
The political climate in Zip 60515 (Downers Grove, 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 60515 (Downers Grove, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Downers Grove, 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.
Downers Grove, 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 60515 (Downers Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,372 contributions totaling $388,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 485 contributions totaling $151,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)