Belleville, IL is a city of around 43,000 people located in St. Clair County. It is known for its rich history and culture, as well as its diverse economy. Belleville's political landscape is made up of several elected officials who represent the city in the state government. The mayor of Belleville is Mark Eckert, who was elected in 2017 and is currently serving his second term. Belleville also has two state representatives: Jay Hoffman and Katie Stuart, both Democrats who were elected in 2018. In addition to these representatives, Belleville has four City Council members: LaToya Greenwood, Janet Stringer, Maryann Schoppe, and Terri Heinecke who were all elected in 2019. Each of these officials work hard to make sure their constituents are represented fairly in the government and that their voices are heard on important issues facing the city.
The political climate in Belleville, IL is leaning 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
Belleville, IL is leaning 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.
Belleville, 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 Belleville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,761 contributions totaling $1,672,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,181 contributions totaling $204,137 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)