Politics in 61615 Peoria, IL is governed by the City of Peoria. The City Council consists of ten members who are elected at-large and serve four-year terms. The Mayor serves a four-year term and is also elected at-large. The City of Peoria has an active political scene with many residents engaging in local issues such as education, housing, economic development, public safety, health care and transportation. Local non-profits and community groups often work to raise awareness of important civic issues, while local activists engage in grassroots campaigns for change. Every year, voters have the opportunity to elect candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties during primary elections held in March and April. During these elections, city residents can get involved by researching the candidates running for office, learning about their platforms and voting for the candidate they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 61615 (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 61615 (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 61615 (Peoria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 726 contributions totaling $331,952 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 804 contributions totaling $571,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $711 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)