Moline, IL is a city located in the US state of Illinois. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and the city council consists of five members elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Stephanie Acri who was elected in 2019. The city also has a Board of Zoning and Appeals that handles planning and zoning matters for the City of Moline. Furthermore, Moline residents are represented in the state government by two senators and three representatives in the Illinois General Assembly. In addition, they have representation at the federal level from an elected member of Congress. Overall, the political landscape in Moline is characterized by active civic engagement from its citizens who demand transparency and accountability from their local leaders.
The political climate in Moline, IL is leaning liberal.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moline, IL is leaning liberal.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island Metro Area is leaning 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.
Moline, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Moline, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,706 contributions totaling $838,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,560 contributions totaling $493,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)