Cape Girardeau is the county seat of Cape Girardeau County in Missouri. The city has a rich political history, with decades of both local and national candidates consistently campaigning for voter support in the area. Although local candidates are not mentioned, the Mayor of Cape Girardeau is currently Bob Fox. He was elected to office in April 2018 and has since been advocating for economic development and job growth for his constituents. On the state level, Cape Girardeau is part of Missouri's 8th Congressional District and is represented in Congress by Jason Smith. At the national level, Senator Josh Hawley and Senator Roy Blunt represent all of Missouri's citizens in Washington D.C.. All three politicians have clear stances on a range of issues relevant to both the state and its inhabitants, from health care to taxes to infrastructure funding. As such, the politics of Cape Girdeaux are reflective of the greater state policies and it's citizens have access to representatives who are dedicated to shaping their community through government action.
The political climate in Cape Girardeau, MO is moderately conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is very conservative. In Cape Girardeau County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape Girardeau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Cape Girardeau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cape Girardeau, MO is moderately conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Cape Girardeau, 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 Cape Girardeau, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,971 contributions totaling $376,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,514 contributions totaling $864,188 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $571 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)