Politics in 61554 Pekin, IL are largely focused on local issues. The City Council is composed of seven members who work to ensure that the city's resources are used wisely. They are regularly responsible for making decisions on topics such as zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, and budgeting. In addition to the council, 61554 Pekin, IL also has a mayor who is responsible for leading the city and setting its legislative agenda. Every four years the citizens of 61554 Pekin, IL have the opportunity to vote for their mayor and City Council members in order to keep their government accountable and functioning properly.
The political climate in Zip 61554 (Pekin, IL) is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, IL is strongly conservative. In Tazewell County, IL 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tazewell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.4% to 35.8%.
Tazewell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61554 (Pekin, IL) is moderately conservative.
Pekin, Illinois is moderately conservative.
Tazewell County, Illinois is strongly conservative.
Peoria Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Pekin, 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 61554 (Pekin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 637 contributions totaling $27,391 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $65,637 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)