The small town of Cahokia, IL is located in St Clair County and has a population of around 15,000 people. Its politics largely reflect the values of its rural Midwest roots. The town is home to Mayor Curtis McCall Jr., who was elected in 2017 after his predecessor, Carey J. Summerford, retired after 12 years of service to the community. The mayor works alongside the City Council to make decisions that help to develop and improve Cahokia's economy and infrastructure. Each election cycle, local candidates running for city office are determined by popular vote from the residents of 62206 Cahokia. The elections tend to be a highly contested event as local citizens come out in droves to support their favored candidates and causes. With its strong commitment to democracy and upholding its rural values, 62206 Cahokia remains an important part of St Clair County's politics today.
The political climate in Zip 62206 (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
Zip 62206 (Cahokia, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Cahokia, Illinois 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 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 62206 (Cahokia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $8,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,776 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)