Ashley, Missouri is a small town located just south of St. Louis. It has a vibrant community and involved citizens who take part in local politics. The town operates under the Mayor/Board of Aldermen form of government, which includes an elected mayor and six aldermen that serve two-year terms. The mayor and board are responsible for setting policies on a variety of topics such as taxation, zoning, public safety, economic development, and more. Every two years the citizens of Ashley have the opportunity to vote for local political candidates during the municipal election cycle. Residents actively engage in the process and often hold public forums or debates for their candidates to discuss platforms and concerns within the community. This gives everyone in Ashley the chance to voice their opinions directly to those running for office.
The political climate in Ashley, MO is very conservative.
Pike County, MO is very conservative. In Pike County, MO 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 22.3%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashley, MO is very conservative.
Pike County, Missouri 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.
Ashley, 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 Ashley, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $17,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $4,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)