The politics in 65248 Fayette, MO is largely influenced by the local government. The city of Fayette is served by a mayor and six aldermen who are all elected to two-year terms. The mayor and aldermen are responsible for making laws and ordinances that affect the citizens of Fayette. They also work with other local entities such as businesses, schools, and public services to ensure the needs of the community are met. Additionally, these elected officials have the power to set tax rates, oversee zoning regulations, and provide funding for public services such as police officers, fire fighters, road maintenance crews, libraries and parks. Citizens of Fayette can stay informed about their city's political landscape by attending city council meetings or following news reports related to the city's politics.
The political climate in Zip 65248 (Fayette, MO) is strongly conservative.
Howard County, MO is very conservative. In Howard County, MO 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65248 (Fayette, MO) is strongly conservative.
Fayette, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Howard County, Missouri is very conservative.
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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.
Fayette, 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 65248 (Fayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 290 contributions totaling $12,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)