Alton, IL 62002 is a small city located in Madison County, Illinois. It is home to a wide variety of people and cultures and has a rich history. The politics in Alton, IL are just as diverse as the population that makes up its community. The city is part of the 13th Congressional District for the U.S. House of Representatives and includes both Democratic and Republican candidates running for office. In addition to those elected at national level, Alton also has representation at state level through the equally varied Illinois General Assembly members who represent the area in Springfield. On the local level, Alton has three wards whose representatives hold meetings on a regular basis to discuss issues facing the city and surrounding areas. All of these offices ensure that Alton residents have an equal voice when it comes to their government officials and help promote an atmosphere of fairness within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 62002 (Alton, 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
Zip 62002 (Alton, IL) is leaning conservative.
Alton, Illinois 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.
Alton, 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 62002 (Alton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 866 contributions totaling $543,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $627 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 224 contributions totaling $46,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)