Germantown, IL (62245) is a small rural community located just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. The population of the town is just under 2,000 people and it is an integral part of St. Clair County's 6th Congressional District. This district is currently represented by Mike Bost whose tenure began in 2015. Bost is a member of the Republican Party and his agenda focuses on creating jobs, protecting tax cuts for middle-class families, and promoting fiscal responsibility. Other local political candidates include Timothy J. Dzurilla from the Democratic Party who emphasizes economic growth and job creation as well as Sarah Smith from the Green Party whose platform focuses on healthcare reform, improving public services, and environmental protection. Despite its small size, Germantown plays an important role in local politics and its citizens are committed to electing leaders that reflect their values.
The political climate in Zip 62245 (Germantown, IL) is very conservative.
Clinton County, IL is very conservative. In Clinton County, IL 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.4%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62245 (Germantown, IL) is very conservative.
Germantown, Illinois is very conservative.
Clinton County, Illinois is very 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.
Germantown, 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 62245 (Germantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)