Wood River, IL is a small city located in Madison County with a population of around 8,520 people. As such, it has limited political representation. The city is part of the 100th district for the Illinois House of Representatives and the 55th district for the Illinois Senate. These districts are represented by Democrat Jay Hoffman and Republican Paul Schimpf respectively. On a local level, Wood River has an elected Mayor and City Council that sets local policies to better serve its citizens. The Mayor and City Council are both committed to improving the quality of life in Wood River by providing essential services, protecting public safety, and planning strategically for economic development. They also strive to ensure that everyone in Wood River is represented fairly at all levels of government while engaging with their constituents to understand their needs better so they can make informed decisions on behalf of the city’s residents.
The political climate in Zip 62095 (Wood River, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, IL is somewhat conservative. In Madison County, IL 42.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 42.0%.
Madison county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 62095 (Wood River, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Wood River, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Illinois is somewhat conservative.
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.
Wood River, Illinois: d d 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 62095 (Wood River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $5,006 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $6,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)