St. Francois County is a largely rural county located in southeastern Missouri. It is home to a diverse population of people ranging from farmers to city dwellers. The county is governed by an elected board of supervisors and the county’s first-class cities have their own elected mayors and city councils. On the state level, St. Francois County is represented by both a state senator and representative who are each elected for four year terms. Federal representation includes US Senators and Congressional Representatives that serve two year terms. Elections for all positions are nonpartisan, with candidates representing different interests and backgrounds running against each other for office. Issues concerning the county often involve agricultural reform, education reform, economic development, crime prevention, public safety and environmental protection.
The political climate in St. Francois County, MO is very conservative.
In St. Francois County, MO 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Francois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.1%.
St. Francois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Francois County, MO is very conservative.
Farmington 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. Francois, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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. Francois County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 690 contributions totaling $60,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 443 contributions totaling $238,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)