Hillsboro is a small city located in Jefferson County, Missouri. With a population of around 1,400 people, it is a tight-knit community that values its local politics. The city's government is headed by an elected mayor and board of aldermen. The board consists of eight members who are responsible for making policy decisions for the city. Local political candidates are running to serve on the board and become more involved in the decision making process for Hillsboro. These candidates have been working hard to bring their ideas to the table and represent the voices of their constituents. With elections coming up soon, local residents have been discussing the different platforms and stances on important issues facing Hillsboro today.
The political climate in Hillsboro, MO is strongly 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
Hillsboro, MO is strongly 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.
Hillsboro, 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 Hillsboro, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 549 contributions totaling $72,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $27,127 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)