The politics of 61701 Bloomington, IL are largely determined by the local elections that take place every year. The city is governed by a mayor and six city council members who are all elected for four-year terms. Each member represents different wards within the city limits. The current mayor is Tari Renner, and the city council includes representatives from each ward. Local referenda and initiatives also play a role in determining the political landscape of 61701 Bloomington, IL. The people of 61701 have been active in local politics throughout their history, continually striving to ensure that their voices are heard and represented at all levels of government. As a result, there is much civic engagement among the citizens of 61701 which allows them to be actively involved in making decisions regarding their own lives and future.
The political climate in Zip 61701 (Bloomington, IL) is leaning liberal.
McLean County, IL is leaning liberal. In McLean County, IL 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 46.3%.
McLean county flipped Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61701 (Bloomington, IL) is leaning liberal.
Bloomington, Illinois is leaning liberal.
McLean County, Illinois is leaning liberal.
Bloomington 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.
Bloomington, Illinois: R R d R r 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 61701 (Bloomington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,782 contributions totaling $162,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $88,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)