Godfrey, IL is an area with a small population located in Madison County. Despite its size, it offers an exciting political atmosphere for residents and visitors alike. At the local level, Godfrey has a village board that consists of six elected trustees who serve as the governing body of the community. This board meets monthly to discuss important issues that affect the people living here and helps to ensure that all voices are heard. As part of their duties, they often address topics like public safety, infrastructure improvements, and maintaining strong relationships with local organizations and businesses. Additionally, citizens can get involved in town-wide events such as holiday parades or summer carnivals sponsored by the village board. Godfrey is a wonderful place to be politically active and engaged with one's local government.
The political climate in Zip 62035 (Godfrey, 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 62035 (Godfrey, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Godfrey, 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.
Godfrey, 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 62035 (Godfrey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 802 contributions totaling $125,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 290 contributions totaling $53,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)