The city of 65565 Steelville, MO is a small rural community located in the heart of the Ozark Mountains. The local government is run by a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years. The citizens of Steelville take pride in their community and actively participate in local politics. Issues such as infrastructure investments, economic development, and public safety are all regularly debated at city council meetings. Beyond these matters, the citizens also take part in elections for state and federal representatives who they believe will provide the best policy outcomes for their community. With that said, like many smaller towns across the nation, much of the political conversation in Steelville revolves around topics that resonate with the people on a personal level such as religion, gun laws, and education reform.
The political climate in Zip 65565 (Steelville, MO) is very conservative.
Crawford County, MO is very conservative. In Crawford County, MO 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.3%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65565 (Steelville, MO) is very conservative.
Steelville, Missouri is very conservative.
Crawford County, Missouri is very conservative.
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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.
Steelville, 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 65565 (Steelville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,447 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $19,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)