West Peoria, IL is a small city located in central Illinois. The politics in West Peoria are focused on promoting economic growth and development, improving the quality of life for all citizens, and ensuring public safety. Local politicians work diligently to ensure that city services are efficient and effective, while providing opportunities for citizens to participate in government decision-making. The city council regularly meets with constituents to understand their needs and concerns, while advocating on behalf of the residents. Additionally, they strive to remove barriers to ensure equal access for all groups within the community. They also prioritize initiatives such as investing in infrastructure improvements to help maintain the city’s attractiveness as an attractive place to own a business or raise a family. All these tasks demonstrate that West Peoria’s local political leaders are dedicated to helping the city and its citizens reach their highest potential.
The political climate in West Peoria, IL is leaning liberal.
Peoria County, IL is leaning liberal. In Peoria County, IL 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Peoria county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.6%.
Peoria county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Peoria, IL is leaning liberal.
Peoria County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
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.
West Peoria, 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 West Peoria, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,605 contributions totaling $391,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,013 contributions totaling $600,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $593 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)