St. Joseph, Missouri (zip code 64506) is a city of approximately 76,000 people. Located in Northwest Missouri, St. Joseph boasts a rich history and is the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart. The political landscape of this vibrant city is governed by nonpartisan elections for Mayor and six City Council members who serve staggered four-year terms. Each year, local residents cast their votes in municipal elections to choose who will lead the city's government initiatives. Recent events have seen strong turnout and engagement from citizens on issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety, economic development and social justice. As St. Joseph continues to grow and develop into an even more vibrant community its residents are sure to remain informed and engaged politically in order to ensure positive change for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 64506 (St. Joseph, MO) is moderately 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 64506 (St. Joseph, MO) is moderately conservative.
St. Joseph, Missouri is moderately 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 64506 (St. Joseph)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 682 contributions totaling $95,188 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 367 contributions totaling $157,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $429 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)