The city of Alhambra, IL is located in Madison county in the state of Illinois. The town has a population of about 5,000 people and is home to several businesses and activities for its residents. Politically, Alhambra is part of the Illinois General Assembly's 97th district which is currently represented by Representative Nathan Reitz. Alhambra residents have had the opportunity to participate in past elections to help choose both state and federal representatives that best serve their needs. Locally, the city has a mayor-council form of government where citizens have elected four council members among other local officials to represent their interests in decision making processes. There are also several committees such as Parks & Recreation, Public Safety and Economic Development that are appointed by the mayor to ensure resources are allocated efficiently throughout the community. In this way, Alhambra citizens are able to get involved with local politics through electing officials, attending public meetings and voicing their opinions on matters that will affect them.
The political climate in Zip 62001 (Alhambra, IL) is moderately 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
Zip 62001 (Alhambra, IL) is moderately conservative.
Alhambra, Illinois is moderately 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.
Alhambra, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 62001 (Alhambra)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $6,942 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)