The small town of Monticello, MO (Zip Code 63457) is home to a population of just over 3300 people. This small yet vibrant town is governed by a mayor and five city council members. The current mayor is Steve Martin who was elected in 2018 and has been a leader in the community for many years. The current city council members are Phil Taylor, Jessica Reed, Mike Brown, John Smith, and Sharon Wilson. These five individuals make up the governing body of Monticello and have worked hard to ensure that all citizens have their needs met in terms of infrastructure, safety, and economic development. Their efforts have resulted in an increase in tourism to the area as well as job creation for local businesses. They continue to strive for a better future for all residents of this lovely town.
The political climate in Zip 63457 (Monticello, MO) is very conservative.
Lewis County, MO is very conservative. In Lewis County, MO 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lewis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 21.3%.
Lewis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63457 (Monticello, MO) is very conservative.
Monticello, Missouri is very conservative.
Lewis County, Missouri is very conservative.
Quincy 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.
Monticello, 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 63457 (Monticello)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $3,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)