The small rural town of 63785 Whitewater, MO is located in the southeastern portion of Missouri and has a population of approximately 1,500 people. The town is governed by a mayor and four-member board of trustees who are each elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Sharon Johnson who was first elected in 2015 and is running for re-election this year. In addition to the mayor, there are several local political candidates running for city council in the upcoming election including Rosemary Davis, Larry Smith, Jason Davis and Robert Murphy. Each candidate brings with them their own unique vision for the future of Whitewater which will bring positive changes to the community if implemented. With such an active political climate in Whitewater, citizens can look forward to seeing more initiatives being implemented that will benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 63785 (Whitewater, MO) is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is very conservative. In Cape Girardeau County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape Girardeau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Cape Girardeau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63785 (Whitewater, MO) is very conservative.
Whitewater, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Whitewater, 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 63785 (Whitewater)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)