Politics in 63028 Festus, MO generally center around the issues that affect the local community. The biggest topics of discussion are typically related to economic development, education funding, public safety and infrastructure. There has been recent debate about how to best allocate resources for roads, schools and other organizations within the city. Local officials are focused on finding common ground in order to ensure that residents have access to quality services but also pay reasonable taxes. The mayor has been very active in advocating for greater transparency and accountability among government entities as well as investing in initiatives to encourage economic growth. In addition, there is an ongoing effort to bring together different communities and ensure that everyone is represented in political decisions.
The political climate in Zip 63028 (Festus, MO) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, MO is very conservative. In Jefferson County, MO 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.1%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63028 (Festus, MO) is strongly conservative.
Festus, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Festus, Missouri: d r d 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 63028 (Festus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $25,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 202 contributions totaling $21,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)