Princeton, MO is a small town located in Mercer County with an estimated population of just over 2,000 people. Despite its size, the community is politically active and deeply invested in the civic process. In 64673 Princeton, MO each political office from mayor to city council to county board is contested on election day and candidates strive to represent their constituents through platform initiatives like increasing economic development or expanding local public services. Additionally local residents are active participants in legislative advocacy efforts such as writing letters or attending town hall meetings. With this kind of energy and engagement, Princeton continues to be a vibrant center for political discourse and activity.
The political climate in Zip 64673 (Princeton, MO) is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, MO is very conservative. In Mercer County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.5%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64673 (Princeton, MO) is strongly conservative.
Princeton, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Mercer 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.
Princeton, 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 64673 (Princeton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $34,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)