The politics of the Jefferson City, MO Metro Area are largely dominated by the Republican Party, with the majority of the population voting for conservative candidates in local and statewide elections. While other political parties are represented in the area, their influence is much more limited than that of the Republicans. The city has a long-standing tradition of holding public officeholders accountable to local citizens through various forms of initiatives and referendums. This allows constituents to hold elected officials responsible for their decisions and actions while promoting good government policies and practices. Additionally, the area is home to numerous civic organizations which work to educate residents on current issues as well as encouraging them to become politically active by volunteering or running for office. With a wide range of political activity taking place throughout Jefferson City, it is no wonder why it has such an important role in our state's political landscape.
The political climate in Jefferson City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Jefferson City Metro Area 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Jefferson City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.7%.
The Jefferson City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Jefferson City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jefferson City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,732 contributions totaling $782,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,872 contributions totaling $3,322,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,775 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)