The politics of Cahokia, IL are largely focused on local issues that affect the day-to-day lives of its citizens. The city is governed by a mayor and six aldermen, who work together to make decisions about the budget, public services, infrastructure projects, and other city matters. Cahokia's citizens have an opportunity to take part in the decision-making process by voting for their preferred candidates in local elections. The city also has various boards and committees that advise on specific topics, such as land use and economic development. Additionally, the City Council holds regular meetings where members of the public can provide input on current issues facing Cahokia. All of these activities help to ensure that Cahokia is a safe and vibrant community for all its residents.
The political climate in Cahokia, IL is somewhat 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
Cahokia, IL is somewhat 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.
Cahokia, 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 Cahokia, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 395 contributions totaling $49,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $22,188 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)