Moline, IL is a small city in the state of Illinois with an estimated population of 43,483 people. It is located in Rock Island County and is a part of the Quad Cities metropolitan area. The politics in Moline are largely dominated by the local Democratic Party, which holds most offices in the city government. The current mayor of Moline is Stephanie Acri, who was elected to office in 2017. Other notable local politicians include Rita Ali and Chris Jones, both members of the Democratic Party running for City Council seats in 2020. Additionally, Moline voters have consistently supported Democratic candidates for state and national elections over the years. This trend was particularly evident during the 2018 midterm election when 79% of votes were cast for Democratic candidates.
The political climate in Zip 61265 (Moline, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Rock Island County, IL is somewhat liberal. In Rock Island County, IL 54.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock Island county remained strongly Democratic, 54.8% to 42.7%.
Rock Island county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 61265 (Moline, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Moline, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Rock Island County, Illinois is somewhat liberal.
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island 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.
Moline, 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 61265 (Moline)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,642 contributions totaling $178,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 484 contributions totaling $72,627 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)