The politics of 61201 Rock Island, IL are largely shaped by the working-class communities that it serves. The city is represented at the federal level by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, both of whom have been strong advocates for protecting worker rights in the area. At the state level, Rock Island is represented by State Representative Mike Halpin and State Senator Neil Anderson, who have been instrumental in pushing for legislation to improve infrastructure and education in the area. As a result, many of the issues important to local residents such as job creation, environmental protection and poverty alleviation are regularly discussed on a local level. Local political candidates running for office tend to be focused on making sure that these issues remain top-of-mind when discussing the future of Rock Island.
The political climate in Zip 61201 (Rock Island, 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 61201 (Rock Island, IL) is somewhat liberal.
Rock Island, 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.
Rock Island, 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 61201 (Rock Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,942 contributions totaling $194,598 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 387 contributions totaling $96,124 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)