Cairo, MO is a small rural town located in Mississippi County, Missouri. The town has a long history of political activism and civic engagement. In 2020, the town held its first municipal election in nearly 20 years. This election saw two candidates running for the open mayoral seat – incumbent Mayor Fred Jackson and challenger Bob Gardner. Each candidate had a unique set of plans for their term, from implementing economic development initiatives to improving local public works projects. The election was an important moment for Cairo as it was seen as an opportunity to move the community forward and make positive changes. In the end, Mayor Jackson won re-election with 51% of the vote. This victory signified citizens’ commitment to progress and honoring the past while looking towards the future.
The political climate in Cairo, MO is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, MO is very conservative. In Randolph County, MO 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cairo, MO is strongly conservative.
Randolph County, Missouri is very conservative.
Moberly Metro Area is very conservative.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
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.
Cairo, Missouri: r R R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Cairo, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)