Bethalto, IL is a small town located in Madison County in 62010. It has a close-knit community and is governed by a village board of trustees. The trustees are responsible for making decisions that affect the well-being of the town鈥檚 residents. The board is made up of five members who are elected to four year terms. In their role as representatives, they must listen to the needs and concerns of citizens in order to develop policies that best benefit everyone in Bethalto. This includes being aware of the latest issues and taking into account the opinions of those within the community when creating legislation, budgets, and other decision making processes. As such, local political candidates have an important role to play in providing the residents with quality representation so that their voices can be heard and represented effectively.
The political climate in Zip 62010 (Bethalto, 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 62010 (Bethalto, IL) is somewhat conservative.
Bethalto, 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.
Bethalto, 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 62010 (Bethalto)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 404 contributions totaling $33,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $11,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)