Stockton, Missouri is a small town located in Cedar County with a population of 65785 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and four city council members who are all responsible for making decisions that affect the community. The local government works to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met through budgeting, maintaining infrastructure, and providing services such as police, fire protection, sanitation and water services. In addition, the local government works to improve the quality of life for its citizens by investing in education, public health and safety initiatives. Furthermore, Stockton is known for having strong civic engagement with its citizens actively participating in local events such as festivals and parades. As an active member of their community, Stockton residents take pride in their city's progress and growth over time.
The political climate in Zip 65785 (Stockton, MO) is very conservative.
Cedar County, MO is very conservative. In Cedar County, MO 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.3%.
Cedar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65785 (Stockton, MO) is very conservative.
Stockton, Missouri is very conservative.
Cedar 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.
Stockton, 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 65785 (Stockton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)