Defiance, MO is a small city situated in the central part of Missouri. It is home to a population of over 1,800 people who take pride in their community and its local politics. Elections for local offices are held bi-annually and are often hotly contested as residents strive to ensure that they elect leaders who share their values. Residents are highly engaged in the election process, with voter turnout consistently high. Defiance's current mayor is Steve Mettemeyer, who was elected in November 2020 after defeating his opponents by a wide margin. To assist Mettemeyer, the city council was also elected, which consists of six members from different wards. The council works closely with Mettemeyer to ensure the best interests of Defiance's citizens are met and that any decisions made will help advance development within the city limits.
The political climate in Zip 63341 (Defiance, MO) is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, MO is moderately conservative. In St. Charles County, MO 40.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Charles county remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.2%.
St. Charles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63341 (Defiance, MO) is moderately conservative.
Defiance, Missouri is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Defiance, 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 63341 (Defiance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $4,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $25,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)