East Peoria, IL is a city located within the state of Illinois. The city has seen a great deal of political activity over recent years; with local elections being held for city offices such as the Mayor and City Clerk. In addition to this, East Peoria residents often have the opportunity to engage in conversations about local and regional issues that face their communities. Through these conversations, citizens can become more involved in the decisions that will shape their cities, towns, and counties as well as their own lives. Additionally, East Peoria residents have the chance to learn more about different politicians through town hall meetings and other public forums. These events often provide citizens with an opportunity to hear from political candidates directly so that they can gain a better understanding of their views on various issues and make informed decisions come election time.
The political climate in Zip 61611 (East Peoria, IL) is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61611 (East Peoria, IL) is moderately conservative.
East Peoria, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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 Peoria, Illinois: R R r 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 61611 (East Peoria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 375 contributions totaling $18,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $50,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)