Union Star, MO is a small rural community located in DeKalb County. It has a reputation for being a tight-knit and close-knit community, and politics has always been an important part of the culture here. While Union Star does not have any locally elected political candidates, its residents are very passionate about their political beliefs. They actively participate in local town hall meetings, participate in campaigns for state and national elections, and hold regular discussions about the political climate and how it affects them. The people of Union Star take great pride in being informed citizens that can make their voices heard through their decisions at the polls.
The political climate in Zip 64494 (Union Star, MO) is very conservative.
DeKalb County, MO is very conservative. In DeKalb County, MO 19.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 19.2%.
DeKalb county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64494 (Union Star, MO) is very conservative.
Union Star, Missouri is very conservative.
DeKalb County, Missouri is very 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.
Union Star, 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 64494 (Union Star)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)