The city of Sikeston, MO (63801) is a small town located in southeastern Missouri. It is part of Scott County and has a population of about 17,000 people. The local government consists of an elected mayor and four council members who serve as the governing body for the city. The current mayor is Stephen L. Lee and the council members are Wayne Shubert, JoAnn Moore, Jennifer Hinkle, and Steven Rhodes. The mayor acts as the chief executive for the city and the council makes up the legislative body, setting policies for issues such as taxes, public works projects, safety standards, and more. Sikeston also has two state representatives in Jeffery Shawan (Democrat) and Glen Kolkmeyer (Republican). Sikeston citizens have access to many resources including education through a number of public schools in addition to universities located close by. There are also numerous civic organizations involved with community activities that help build a strong sense of pride among residents. Political activity in Sikeston revolves around these topics with citizens being very engaged in advocating for their interests.
The political climate in Zip 63801 (Sikeston, MO) is strongly 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 63801 (Sikeston, MO) is strongly conservative.
Sikeston, Missouri is strongly 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.
Sikeston, 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 63801 (Sikeston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $35,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $154,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $456 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)