In 63501 Kirksville, MO, politics are a major part of the local community. The city is represented by several elected officials in both state and federal government. At the state level, Senator Cindy O'Laughlin represents the area in the Missouri Senate, while Representative Lindell Shumake represents it in the Missouri House of Representatives. On the federal level, Representative Sam Graves is the representative for this district at the U.S. House of Representatives. Locally, there are several other politicians who represent specific positions such as mayor or county board supervisor. All these elected officials work together to ensure that all citizens of 63501 Kirksville have their needs taken care of at both state and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 63501 (Kirksville, MO) is moderately conservative.
Adair County, MO is strongly conservative. In Adair County, MO 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 35.9%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63501 (Kirksville, MO) is moderately conservative.
Kirksville, Missouri is moderately conservative.
Adair County, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Kirksville Metro Area is strongly 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.
Kirksville, 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 63501 (Kirksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,520 contributions totaling $134,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $51,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $277 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)