Politics in 61603 Peoria, IL are mainly dominated by the Republican party, with many of the local candidates for office representing the conservative viewpoint. The most well-known politician in the area is Republican state senator Chuck Weaver, who has been a long-time advocate for traditional values and small government policies. In addition to Senator Weaver, there are several other prominent Republicans serving at various levels of government in the city including Mayor Jim Ardis and Illinois House Representative Ryan Spain. Although there are some Democrats running for office in the area, most of them tend to be less visible than their Republican counterparts. As such, Peoria remains largely a conservative stronghold politically speaking.
The political climate in Zip 61603 (Peoria, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Peoria County, IL is leaning liberal. In Peoria County, IL 51.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Peoria county remained moderately Democratic, 51.9% to 45.6%.
Peoria county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61603 (Peoria, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Peoria, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Peoria County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
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.
Peoria, 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 61603 (Peoria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $13,426 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $13,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)