Marissa, IL, is a small community located in southwestern Illinois. It has a population of about 1,700 people and is represented by a number of local and state elected officials. At the local level, Marissa's mayor and city council members are responsible for setting and enforcing laws within the town. The mayor is elected every four years while the council consists of five members who serve four-year terms. Additionally, Marissa is part of St. Clair County which elects officials to represent citizens at the county level. At the state level, the constituents in 62257 Marissa are represented by two senators in the Illinois General Assembly who serve four year terms. Furthermore, all residents are also represented by a U.S. Congressman or Congresswoman in Washington D.C., and U.S Senators from Illinois who also serve six-year terms. Although specific names for these positions often change over time due to elections, these individuals are responsible for representing Marissa's interests on both local and national levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 62257 (Marissa, IL) is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62257 (Marissa, IL) is leaning conservative.
Marissa, Illinois is leaning conservative.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
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.
Marissa, Illinois: D D D D d d
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 62257 (Marissa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $9,888 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $761 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)