The small town of Potosi, MO (zip code 63664) is a part of Washington County in the state of Missouri. As such, it supports the county government as well as the state government. Politically speaking, the people of Potosi are primarily conservative and support Republican candidates for office. The mayor is currently Dottie Lemons who was elected in April 2018. The town has a City Council which consists of six members and meets twice a month to discuss issues and pass laws that affect the citizens of Potosi. They also handle zoning regulations and other local ordinances. The city is represented in the Missouri State Legislature by Representative Holly Rehder as well as Senators Gary Romine and Wayne Wallingford in both the Senate and House of Representatives. In addition, Potosi residents are represented at the federal level by U.S Representatives Jason Smith and Blaine Luetkemeyer in Congress. This reflects how active politics are in Potosi, MO with many people feeling passionate about their political views and wanting to make sure they’re heard.
The political climate in Zip 63664 (Potosi, MO) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, MO is very conservative. In Washington County, MO 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 18.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63664 (Potosi, MO) is strongly conservative.
Potosi, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Missouri is very conservative.
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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.
Potosi, Missouri: d r d 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 63664 (Potosi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $7,903 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)