62240 East Carondelet, IL is a small town in St. Clair County with a population of about 1,500 people, according to the 2010 Census. Despite its size, East Carondelet is home to an active and vibrant political scene that engages local citizens in decisions about their community's future. Elected officials represent the town at the county and state level as well as the national level and regularly organize events for citizen participation and discussion of important issues facing the area. Candidates from both major political parties have run for office in recent years, creating an engaged atmosphere of debate, exploration of ideas, and commitment to improving East Carondelet for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 62240 (East Carondelet, IL) is leaning 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 62240 (East Carondelet, IL) is leaning liberal.
East Carondelet, Illinois is leaning 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.
East Carondelet, 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 62240 (East Carondelet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $20 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)