Politics in Elsberry, MO 63343 are largely influenced by the local constituents who live in and around the area. The city has a mayor and four alderpersons that serve on the City Council as elected officials. They are responsible for budgeting and developing policies to ensure that Elsberry can continue to grow and be a vibrant community for its citizens. Additionally, members of the Elsberry Community Development Board are appointed to provide oversight over local development projects. This allows for input from citizens, ensuring their voice is heard in decisions about how their tax dollars are spent. For larger issues such as those related to state or federal legislation, representatives from several different political parties represent Elsberry in Jefferson City or Washington DC. Together they work hard to ensure that their constituents’ interests are taken into consideration when laws are created or amended that affect the area.
The political climate in Zip 63343 (Elsberry, MO) is very conservative.
Lincoln County, MO is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MO 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.7%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63343 (Elsberry, MO) is very conservative.
Elsberry, Missouri is very conservative.
Lincoln County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Elsberry, 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 63343 (Elsberry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $2,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)