Marine, IL is a small town located in Madison County with a population just over 900 people. As a small community, Marine's politics are largely centered around local issues such as taxes, school funding, and road maintenance. The city is part of the Illinois State Legislature District 95 which is represented by Sue Scherer, a Democrat. As for local elections, mayoral and city council positions are currently held by Mayor Kathy Hornaday-Lenderman and six other City Council members who serve four-year terms. While Marine government aims to look out for the interests of its citizens, it also values collaboration and working together towards shared solutions to benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 62061 (Marine, IL) is moderately 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 62061 (Marine, IL) is moderately conservative.
Marine, Illinois is moderately 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.
Marine, 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 62061 (Marine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $841 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)