St. Joseph, MO (64501) is a small city in the northwestern corner of Missouri. Home to roughly 76,500 people, St. Joseph is a relatively diverse and vibrant community. On the political front, the city's governmental affairs are primarily managed by a mayor-council form of government, with Mayor Bill McMurray at its helm. The council members serve as elected representatives for their constituents while also working alongside the mayor on policy initiatives and budget decisions. In terms of local politics, St. Joseph has seen two major mayoral candidates in recent years: incumbent Bill McMurray and challenger Adam Mueller in 2019. Although ultimately unsuccessful in his bid, Mueller ran on a platform focusing on economic development, public safety and infrastructure investment - three key issues for many residents in the 64501 area. All in all, it's clear that politics play an important role in life here in St. Joseph and that residents will continue to have their voices heard as they take part in upcoming elections and hold their elected officials accountable for their actions.
The political climate in Zip 64501 (St. Joseph, MO) is somewhat conservative.
Buchanan County, MO is strongly conservative. In Buchanan County, MO 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.6%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64501 (St. Joseph, MO) is somewhat conservative.
St. Joseph, Missouri is somewhat conservative.
Buchanan County, Missouri is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph 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.
St. Joseph, 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 64501 (St. Joseph)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $27,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $22,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)