The city of Leslie, MO (63056) is a small town with a population of just under 800 people. Despite its small size, the city is still politically active and has various local elections throughout the year. Every two years, Leslie residents elect their mayor and three city councilors to lead the community. In addition, local school board members are elected every four years to manage decisions related to the school district. The current mayor is Dave Smith and the three city councilors are Rick Taylor, Andrea Johnson, and Tom Davis. Local candidates from both major political parties participate in races for these positions each election cycle. Residents of Leslie take pride in participating in their local democracy by voting and engaging with their local government officials to ensure that the needs of the community are met.
The political climate in Zip 63056 (Leslie, MO) is very conservative.
Franklin County, MO is very conservative. In Franklin County, MO 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.1%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63056 (Leslie, MO) is very conservative.
Leslie, Missouri is very conservative.
Franklin 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.
Leslie, 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 63056 (Leslie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $1,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)