Springfield, MO 65803 is a small city located in the southwest corner of Missouri. The local politics in Springfield are overseen by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor serving as chief executive and the council members acting as legislative members. The current mayor of Springfield is Robert Stephens, who was elected in 2016. He has spearheaded initiatives such as revitalizing downtown Springfield, supporting economic development and enhancing public safety. In addition to Mayor Stephens, there are eight City Council members that serve various wards around Springfield. They handle all social, economic and environmental issues within the community. The city also has numerous committees made up of citizens that work on topics such as parks and recreation, transportation and public works. All of these efforts are aimed at making Springfield a better place for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 65803 (Springfield, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, MO is moderately conservative. In Greene County, MO 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.8% to 38.7%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65803 (Springfield, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Springfield, Missouri is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
Springfield 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.
Springfield, 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 65803 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 415 contributions totaling $26,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 413 contributions totaling $705,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,707 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)