The city of Springfield, IL 62703 is home to a diverse population with a long history of political involvement and engagement. Located in Sangamon County, the city has been the state capital since 1837 and is currently represented by Democratic Governor JB Pritzker. The mayor of Springfield is Jim Langfelder and the current city council consists of 10 members, 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans. In addition to local officials, Springfield has been represented in United States Congress by Rodney Davis (R) since 2013. Locals are invited to participate in election forums where they can learn more about their local candidates and engage in political discussions about issues that affect their community. Participation from citizens help ensure that everyone's economic and social needs are being met in Springfield, IL 62703.
The political climate in Zip 62703 (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 62703 (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 62703 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 856 contributions totaling $58,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $14,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)