Joplin, MO is a thriving city located in the southwestern corner of Missouri with a population of over 50,000 people. The city is represented by several members of the Missouri state legislature including Senator David Sater (R-29th District), Representative Mike Stephens (R-157th District) and Representative Curtis Trent (R-133rd District). Local citizens can make their voice heard in politics by attending the Joplin City Council meetings or voting in local elections. The Joplin City Council meets every 3rd and 4th Tuesday of each month to discuss important issues related to public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development. Additionally, local residents can get involved by joining political campaigns or volunteer for local organizations that promote civic engagement. Overall, Joplin has an active political culture that promotes civic involvement from its citizens and encourages them to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 64804 (Joplin, MO) is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, MO is very conservative. In Jasper County, MO 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64804 (Joplin, MO) is strongly conservative.
Joplin, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, Missouri is very conservative.
Joplin 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.
Joplin, 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 64804 (Joplin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,112 contributions totaling $89,634 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 398 contributions totaling $171,445 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)