Edwardsville, Illinois is a small city in Madison County that is home to over 24,000 residents. It is the county seat and boasts a safe and friendly community for all. Politically, Edwardsville is largely conservative with Republicans dominating the majority of local offices. The mayor of Edwardsville has been a Republican since 1992 and the City Council consists of eight members, four from each major party. The city regularly holds elections to determine which candidates will serve on the council and hold other local offices. As an active voter in Edwardsville, it is important to stay informed on local political issues and participate in the voting process to ensure your voice is heard.
The political climate in Edwardsville, IL is leaning conservative.
Madison County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, IL 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.0%.
Madison county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edwardsville, IL is leaning conservative.
Madison County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
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.
Edwardsville, Illinois: d d d 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 Edwardsville, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,971 contributions totaling $3,147,368 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $395 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,044 contributions totaling $495,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)