Festus, MO is a small city with a population of approximately 10,802 people. It is located in Jefferson County and is the second-largest city in the county. The city is served by a mayor and six-member board of Aldermen who are responsible for making decisions on issues such as financial management, public safety, and economic development. The current mayor is Richard Guinn and the current Alderman are Robert Toussaint, Steven Grant, Jessica Smith, Richard Dye, Larry Sells, and Jonathan Jones. Each member brings their own unique perspectives to the table when making decisions concerning Festus' citizens. Through their hard work and dedication to making Festus a better place to live, they have made many improvements over the years that benefit all citizens.
The political climate in Festus, MO is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, MO is very conservative. In Jefferson County, MO 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.1%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Festus, MO is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Festus, 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 Festus, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 940 contributions totaling $83,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 630 contributions totaling $66,738 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)