The town of Swansea, IL (zip code 62226) is a small town located in the southwestern part of St. Clair County. It is home to a small population of just over 8,000 residents and has been a historically conservative region for many years. When it comes to politics, the residents of Swansea have long been supporters of traditional Republican values and ideals. Candidates from both major political parties are popular in the area, but Republicans generally have the upper hand when it comes to local elections. While there are certainly still plenty of Democrats living in Swansea, most members of the community tend to lean right when it comes to politics. In recent years, the town has had a number of notable Republican representatives that have served at both state and federal levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 62226 (Swansea, IL) is leaning liberal.
St. Clair County, IL is somewhat liberal. In St. Clair County, IL 53.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained moderately Democratic, 53.2% to 44.5%.
St. Clair county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62226 (Swansea, IL) is leaning liberal.
Swansea, Illinois is leaning liberal.
St. Clair County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Swansea, 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 62226 (Swansea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,094 contributions totaling $758,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $694 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $62,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)