Scott City, MO is a small town of 63780 located in Scott and Cape Girardeau counties. It is known for its quiet atmosphere and rural charm. While there is no local government or mayor, it does have representation in both the state and federal legislatures. At the state level, constituents are represented by Representative Kathy Swan (R) in District 161 and Senator Doug Libla (R) in District 25. At the federal level, residents are represented by Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R) in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. Since the town lies within two different counties, citizens must cast ballots for both county elections as well as statewide elections to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 63780 (Scott City, MO) is very conservative.
Scott County, MO is very conservative. In Scott County, MO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.1%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63780 (Scott City, MO) is very conservative.
Scott City, Missouri is very conservative.
Scott County, Missouri is very conservative.
Sikeston 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.
Scott City, 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 63780 (Scott City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $5,653 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)