Located in St. Clair County, 62203 East St. Louis, IL is part of the greater Metro East area and a key part of Illinois state politics. Although it is not the largest city in the county or the state, its political decisions have major impacts on the region and beyond. The city of East St. Louis elects a Mayor and City Council to lead local government and shape policy at the city level. They are responsible for deciding how resources are allocated for services such as public education, health care, public works, housing development, and more. In addition to municipal elections, 62203 East St. Louis citizens can also vote in state-wide elections for representatives from their district in both chambers of the legislature: the House of Representatives and Senate. Local groups also strive to make an impact on decision making by lobbying legislators and organizing campaigns around particular issues they care about such as campaign finance reform or economic justice initiatives. Together with their elected representatives, 62203 East St. Louis citizens continue to work towards a better future for themselves and their community.
The political climate in Zip 62203 (East St. Louis, 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 62203 (East St. Louis, IL) is somewhat liberal.
East St. Louis, 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.
East St. Louis, 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 62203 (East St. Louis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $4,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $253 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)