The small town of 63740 Chaffee, MO is home to less than 3,000 people and is situated in the southeastern corner of Missouri. Politically, the citizens of Chaffee generally lean conservative and have been supportive of Republican candidates in recent elections. Local government is run by a council-manager system where a mayor is appointed from within the council and works with a city manager to oversee the operations of the city. The mayor and council are responsible for setting local policy, passing laws, and ensuring that public services are administered efficiently. In addition to these duties, the mayor also sits on a variety of local boards and commissions such as the police advisory board, economic development board, and traffic safety board. Due to its size and population, political campaigns often focus more on issues like education reform, infrastructure improvements, and business development rather than on partisan lines or specific candidates. As such, local residents are encouraged to be active participants in their democracy by attending public meetings, voicing their opinions on matters important to them, and exercising their right to vote in elections when they come around.
The political climate in Zip 63740 (Chaffee, 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 63740 (Chaffee, MO) is very conservative.
Chaffee, 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.
Chaffee, 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 63740 (Chaffee)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)