Cape Girardeau, MO is a vibrant city located in southeastern Missouri along the Mississippi River. The city is home to a diverse population and has many different political organizations that are actively engaged in local politics. The Democratic and Republican Parties both have active divisions in the area, as do various other smaller parties such as the Green Party, Libertarian Party, and Constitution Party. Additionally, Cape Girardeau has elected a number of representatives to state and federal offices including Congressmen Jason Smith and Blaine Luetkemeyer as well as Senator Roy Blunt. The city also recently held an election for Mayor in which current Mayor Steve Caraker was re-elected with over 75% of the vote. With so much political activity taking place throughout the year in 63703 Cape Girardeau, MO it is easy to see why this city is an important hub for politics in Missouri.
The political climate in Zip 63703 (Cape Girardeau, MO) is moderately conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is very conservative. In Cape Girardeau County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape Girardeau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Cape Girardeau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63703 (Cape Girardeau, MO) is moderately conservative.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri is moderately conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Cape Girardeau, 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 63703 (Cape Girardeau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 228 contributions totaling $31,341 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $26,768 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)