St. Joseph, Missouri is a vibrant and active community with a strong sense of civic pride. Located in northwest Missouri, St. Joseph is home to over 77,000 residents who are deeply engaged in their local politics. From city council and mayoral races to state-level political contests, St. Josephites take great interest in who represents them on the local and state level. The city's rich history includes many noted politicians, including Senator Thomas Hart Benton, who served as a United States Senator from Missouri for more than thirty years. Local politics have a long and storied tradition in St. Joseph and the city remains an important center of political activity in the region today.
The political climate in St. Joseph, MO is somewhat conservative.
Buchanan County, MO is strongly conservative. In Buchanan County, MO 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.6%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Joseph, MO is somewhat conservative.
Buchanan County, Missouri is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph 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.
St. Joseph, Missouri: d r 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 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 St. Joseph, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,819 contributions totaling $222,506 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 844 contributions totaling $1,877,593 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)