The city of Farmington, MO (63640) is located in St. Francois County and is home to around 16,500 people. Farmington is a close-knit community that is very involved when it comes to local politics. The city of Farmington has a Mayor and Board of Aldermen who work together with the City Administrator to manage the day-to-day operations of the municipality. Local issues such as regulations on business licensing, taxation policies, and infrastructure improvements are all voted on by the Board of Aldermen. The mayor plays an important role in representing the residents in matters involving state and federal government, as well as advocating for issues that affect the citizens directly. Additionally, there are several local political organizations in Farmington that encourage civic engagement and participation in important elections. As a result, Farmington remains an actively engaged city when it comes to political decision making processes.
The political climate in Zip 63640 (Farmington, MO) is strongly conservative.
St. Francois County, MO is very conservative. In St. Francois County, MO 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Francois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.1%.
St. Francois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63640 (Farmington, MO) is strongly conservative.
Farmington, Missouri is strongly conservative.
St. Francois County, Missouri is very conservative.
Farmington 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.
Farmington, 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 63640 (Farmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $41,547 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 230 contributions totaling $57,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)