Advance, MO is a small city located in the heart of southeast Missouri. It is a rural area that serves as a hub for the surrounding communities and boasts a variety of local businesses and amenities. While Advance does not have its own mayor or council, the nearby cities of Cape Girardeau and Jackson provide important leadership for the area. Local elected officials include Representatives from both Missouri’s Third and Eight Congressional Districts as well as members of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives. The legislative representatives from these districts work hard to ensure that Advance's needs are met, focusing on issues such as public infrastructure, education, economic development, and tourism. Advance is also part of the 152nd Legislative District which includes all of Bollinger County as well as parts of Stoddard County. As an engaged community in need of political representation, Advance works hard to make sure its residents' voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Advance, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, MO is very conservative. In Stoddard County, MO 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stoddard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 13.5%.
Stoddard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Advance, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, Missouri 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.
Advance, 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 Advance, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $6,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)