Belleville, IL 62221 is a small city located in St. Clair County, and is home to around 44,000 people. It has a Mayor-Council form of government, with the mayor being elected at-large. The city council consists of nine members who are chosen from eight wards throughout the city and one member elected at-large. The current mayor is Mark Eckert, who was first elected in 2011 and has served five terms since then. In addition to the mayor and city council, Belleville also has an Assessor’s Office, City Clerk’s Office, House of Correction, Police Department, Public Works Department and several other departments that work together to ensure the town runs smoothly. Every December there is an election for new members of the City Council; however local political candidates are not typically discussed or promoted during these elections as most people focus on state and national politicians instead.
The political climate in Zip 62221 (Belleville, 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 62221 (Belleville, IL) is leaning liberal.
Belleville, 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.
Belleville, 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 62221 (Belleville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 646 contributions totaling $115,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 185 contributions totaling $43,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)