The city of Edwardsville, IL, with the zip code 62025, is located in Madison County and is an integral part of the Metro East region. The city has a unique local political structure that focuses on its citizens' needs while incorporating their voices into decision-making. The mayor of Edwardsville is Hal Patton and he works with the City Council to introduce laws and policies that improve life within the community. The Edwardsville City Council consists of eight members who are elected at large from the general population. Each member serves a four-year term and is responsible for representing their constituents in political decisions. In addition to the City Council members, there are various committees such as Parks & Recreation, Finance & Administration, Public Safety and Human Resources that help develop policies within their respective areas. The goal of these committees is to create an area where citizens can be heard and their needs met.
The political climate in Zip 62025 (Edwardsville, 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 62025 (Edwardsville, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Edwardsville, 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.
Edwardsville, 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 62025 (Edwardsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,212 contributions totaling $992,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 569 contributions totaling $151,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)