The small rural town of Dittmer, MO (63023) has a population of approximately 500 people. Despite its small size, the residents take politics seriously and are well informed about local and national candidates and policies. Local elections often draw an impressive number of voters, as they are aware of the power their votes have in such a small community. There is always lively debate over the issues that impact the town's residents, whether it be taxes, education or zoning laws. The citizens take pride in voting for representatives they feel will best represent their interests and make decisions that will benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 63023 (Dittmer, MO) is very conservative.
Jefferson County, MO is very conservative. In Jefferson County, MO 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.1%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63023 (Dittmer, MO) is very conservative.
Dittmer, Missouri is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Missouri is very 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.
Dittmer, Missouri: d r d 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 63023 (Dittmer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $10,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $7,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)