The 62701 Springfield, IL area has a rich political history. The city is represented by several key figures in both state and national government, including Democrat Robin Kelly, who represents the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois in the House of Representatives, and Republican Jim Oberweis, who serves as the State Senator for the 25th District of Illinois. Local elections for mayor and alderman are held every four years. The current mayor is Jim Langfelder and there are nine aldermen that represent each ward within the city. Every election season brings new challenges and opportunities for residents to get involved with local politics by volunteering or advocating on behalf of their chosen candidates. With an engaged population and various representatives at all levels of government, 62701 Springfield, IL is a great example of how democracy works in practice.
The political climate in Zip 62701 (Springfield, IL) is leaning liberal.
Sangamon County, IL is leaning conservative. In Sangamon County, IL 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sangamon county remained Republican, 50.9% to 46.5%.
Sangamon county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62701 (Springfield, IL) is leaning liberal.
Springfield, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Sangamon County, Illinois is leaning conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is leaning 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.
Springfield, Illinois: R R d 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 62701 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 712 contributions totaling $162,984 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $20,949 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $487 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)