Granite City, IL, located in Madison County, is an old industrial town on the Mississippi River. It has a thriving community with a strong sense of pride and a diverse population. The city is served by four wards that make up the city council and mayor's office. Each ward elects two council members and the mayor is elected at-large by voters throughout Granite City. The current mayor, Ed Hagnauer, was first elected in 2017 and has since focused his efforts on improving public safety, advancing infrastructure projects, and attracting new businesses to Granite City. He also works closely with local schools on initiatives such as after school programs and student internships. In addition to the mayor's office, each ward has its own representatives that work together to pass ordinances impacting their respective wards as well as represent their constituents’ interests to the mayor’s office. Overall, Granite City residents are very active in local politics and come out in force during elections to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 62040 (Granite City, 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 62040 (Granite City, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Granite City, 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.
Granite City, 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 62040 (Granite City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 477 contributions totaling $42,315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $5,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)