The small town of 65463 Eldridge, MO is a charming and peaceful community with a population of just under 1,000 people. Located in the eastern part of the state, it has been home to many families since its founding in the late 1800s. While there isn’t much in terms of politics within the town itself, political candidates from surrounding areas often visit and campaign in order to win over potential voters. Every two years, local elections are held for mayor and city council members as well as other various positions. The current mayor is Bob Jones who was elected back in 2018 and is up for re-election this year. The City Council consists of five members who are also up for re-election this year. All five seats are contested by seven qualified candidates with varying backgrounds and ideologies to ensure a healthy democracy.
The political climate in Zip 65463 (Eldridge, MO) is very conservative.
Laclede County, MO is very conservative. In Laclede County, MO 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laclede county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.5%.
Laclede county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65463 (Eldridge, MO) is very conservative.
Eldridge, Missouri is very conservative.
Laclede County, Missouri is very conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Eldridge, 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 65463 (Eldridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $20 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)