East St. Louis, IL is a small city with a population of around 27,000 people, and is located just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, MO. As part of the greater metropolitan area of St. Louis, East St. Louis residents are represented by many local political candidates who represent their interests in both state and national politics. The current mayor of East St. Louis is Emeka Jackson-Hicks who was elected in 2017, after having previously served as an alderman for Ward 3 in East St. Louis for twelve years prior to that time. In addition to Mayor Jackson-Hicks there are also several members of the city council and other officials representing the citizens of East St. Louis in local government offices and in Washington D.C.. The most prominent local political candidate currently running for office is State Representative LaToya Greenwood who is running for re-election this November in District 113. There are also many other local candidates running for various positions on the county board, school board, and city council who all work hard to ensure that East St. Louis's citizens have their voices heard on important issues such as education reform and public safety initiatives within their city limits.
The political climate in East St. Louis, IL is moderately liberal.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East St. Louis, IL is moderately liberal.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis 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.
East St. Louis, 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 East St. Louis, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,693 contributions totaling $427,539 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 520 contributions totaling $73,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)