The city of Collinsville, IL is a vibrant and growing community located in Madison County. It has a rich history as well as an active and involved political climate. Locally, the city is represented by elected officials from the county and state levels including members of the Madison County Board, members of the Illinois House of Representatives, and members of the Illinois Senate. The City Hall also holds monthly meetings to discuss important issues that affect Collinsville residents such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure projects, and local businesses. Residents are encouraged to get involved by attending meetings or voicing their opinion directly to elected officials. The people of 62234 Collinsville are passionate about their local politics and strive to keep up with current events so they can make educated decisions regarding who should represent them in office.
The political climate in Zip 62234 (Collinsville, IL) is somewhat 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 62234 (Collinsville, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Collinsville, Illinois is somewhat 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.
Collinsville, 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 62234 (Collinsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 491 contributions totaling $83,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $41,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)