The city of Springfield, IL 62711 is home to a vibrant and diverse community. Politically speaking, the people of Springfield are represented by their elected official in the United States House of Representatives, Rodney Davis. At the local level, the people of Springfield have two members of City Council who they can turn to for representation at the local level. The current Mayor of Springfield is James Langfelder, who was elected in 2018. The city council is comprised of 11 members; seven members are elected from districts while four are elected at large. These city council members are responsible for addressing issues such as housing, public safety, and infrastructure within their wards and throughout the city. Additionally, voters in Springfield can cast their ballots in state-level elections for senators and representatives in the Illinois State Legislature. Through these representatives on both a local and federal level, citizens of Springfield are able to make sure their concerns are being heard and addressed properly by those they have entrusted with making decisions on their behalf.
The political climate in Zip 62711 (Springfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
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 62711 (Springfield, IL) is leaning conservative.
Springfield, Illinois is leaning conservative.
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 62711 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,095 contributions totaling $247,257 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 646 contributions totaling $197,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)