Mexico, MO (65265) is the county seat of Audrain County, Missouri. It is a small city located in the center of the state with a population of around 12,000 people. Politically, Mexico is a Democratic stronghold. In recent local elections, Democrats have won most offices and votes for statewide measures are usually in line with Democratic policies. This reflects the majority population’s views and overall liberal leanings in Mexico. As such, many important decisions are made on the local level that reflect the opinions of citizens in Mexico and throughout the county. Although not many notable political figures come from this small city, all elected officials represent its citizens faithfully and work hard to keep their interests in mind when making decisions on behalf of all residents in Mexico, MO (65265).
The political climate in Zip 65265 (Mexico, MO) is strongly conservative.
Audrain County, MO is very conservative. In Audrain County, MO 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Audrain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.4%.
Audrain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65265 (Mexico, MO) is strongly conservative.
Mexico, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Audrain County, Missouri is very conservative.
Mexico 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.
Mexico, 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 65265 (Mexico)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $13,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $21,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)