Politics in 61625 Peoria, IL are largely driven by local and statewide issues that affect the area. The City of Peoria is served by an elected mayor and nine-member city council, with representatives from each of the city’s seven wards. The mayor serves a four-year term, while the city council serve two-year terms. Local political candidates must be registered voters within their respective wards to run for office. At the state level, Peoria is represented by Senator Chuck Weaver and Representatives Ryan Spain and Amy Grant in the Illinois State Senate and House of Representatives respectively. In addition to local issues such as public safety, infrastructure, budgeting, and economic development, the community has taken stances on various statewide topics such as education reform, taxes, immigration policy, healthcare access, criminal justice reform, and wildfire prevention.
The political climate in Zip 61625 (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 61625 (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 61625 (Peoria)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)