Oak Ridge, MO is a small town located in Phelps County, with a population of just over 300 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political landscape, with a number of local committees and organizations involved in civic engagement activities.Local residents have the opportunity to get involved in various political activities and initiatives such as voting in municipal elections. Furthermore, Oak Ridge’s citizens can also attend public meetings held by their elected officials to discuss community issues, express opinions and ideas, and make decisions about the future of their town together. The community is also served by several local branches of state-level political parties which frequently organize events to inform their constituents about current affairs. In short, politics plays an important role in Oak Ridge life and citizens are encouraged to get involved in whichever way they can.
The political climate in Zip 63769 (Oak Ridge, MO) is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is very conservative. In Cape Girardeau County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape Girardeau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Cape Girardeau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63769 (Oak Ridge, MO) is very conservative.
Oak Ridge, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Oak Ridge, 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 63769 (Oak Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)