The small town of Blodgett, MO (population 63824) is governed by a mayor and elected city council members. The current mayor is Gregory Mitts who was elected in 2018 and is up for re-election this year. The incumbent candidates for the city council are Millard Biddle, Keith Rosser, John Lidell, Amy Thurman and Karen Symonds. All five are running for re-election in 2021. Every election season, local residents come out to vote for their preferred candidate and take part in forums to discuss the future of the town. There is a strong sense of civic involvement amongst the citizens of Blodgett which has led to many positive outcomes such as improved roads, safer neighborhoods and access to more services like libraries and parks. Residents also attend meetings with their representatives to advocate for their needs and ensure that they receive proper representation from their local government officials.
The political climate in Zip 63824 (Blodgett, MO) is very conservative.
Scott County, MO is very conservative. In Scott County, MO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.1%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63824 (Blodgett, MO) is very conservative.
Blodgett, Missouri is very conservative.
Scott County, Missouri is very conservative.
Sikeston 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.
Blodgett, 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 zip 63824 (Blodgett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $288 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)