The city of Peoria, IL 61604 is a vibrant community with many opportunities for political engagement. It is an important part of the Peoria County political landscape. The City Council consists of 10 members and is led by the Mayor, who is elected every four years by popular vote. The City Council makes decisions about issues affecting the entire city, such as zoning, land use, public safety, budgeting and other economic development initiatives. Elections are held every four years to fill vacancies on the City Council. In addition to municipal elections, local residents may also choose to participate in state and national politics by voting in primary elections or choosing candidates in general elections. With such a wide variety of political options available for engagement in Peoria, IL 61604 it is no surprise that citizens take pride in their political participation.
The political climate in Zip 61604 (Peoria, IL) is leaning 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 61604 (Peoria, IL) is leaning liberal.
Peoria, Illinois is leaning 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 61604 (Peoria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 879 contributions totaling $59,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $28,567 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)