St. Martins, MO is a small town located in central Missouri, with a population of just over 4,000 residents. Despite its size, the town has an active political culture that is actively engaged in state and local issues. From local zoning boards to county commissioners to state representatives, the town’s citizens are passionate about their involvement in government affairs. The people of St. Martins tend to lean heavily towards conservative values and usually support candidates who share their beliefs. Every election season brings out competitive races for positions on the city council as well as the state legislature, ensuring that all voices in the community are heard and respected when it comes to making important decisions for the future of St. Martins.
The political climate in St. Martins, MO is strongly conservative.
Cole County, MO is very conservative. In Cole County, MO 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cole county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.0%.
Cole county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Martins, MO is strongly conservative.
Cole County, Missouri is very conservative.
Jefferson City 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.
St. Martins, 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 St. Martins, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,220 contributions totaling $677,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,330 contributions totaling $800,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $602 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)