Monticello, Missouri is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Despite its small size, Monticello is an active and vibrant community. The local government is responsible for ensuring that residents of the city have access to essential services such as education, public safety, infrastructure, and healthcare. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues related to the city and make decisions on how best to serve its citizens. Local elections are held every two years, with voters deciding which candidates will represent them in the City Council. The current mayor is Steve Dicks, who was elected in 2018 after being a member of the City Council since 2009. There are several other members of the council who bring diverse experience and knowledge of local issues to their role on the council. These representatives strive to ensure that all Monticellians have their voices heard and are given equitable representation in local decision-making processes.
The political climate in Monticello, MO is very conservative.
Lewis County, MO is very conservative. In Lewis County, MO 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.3%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monticello, MO is very conservative.
Lewis County, Missouri is very conservative.
Quincy 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.
Monticello, 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 Monticello, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $3,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)