East Peoria, IL is a small town in central Illinois with a population of over 23,000. Although it is a small community, politics play an important role in the day-to-day life of residents. Local political issues include taxes, education, economic development, public safety and infrastructure. Elected officials at the municipal level are responsible for overseeing and making decisions regarding these issues. Residents have the opportunity to vote on mayoral candidates and city council members who will serve as their representatives and make decisions on these topics. With local elections taking place every four years, residents have the opportunity to become involved in their local government by casting their votes and having their voices heard.
The political climate in East Peoria, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Peoria, IL is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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 Peoria, Illinois: R R r R R R
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 Peoria, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,300 contributions totaling $128,153 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,751 contributions totaling $352,013 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)