Politics in 64640 Gallatin, MO are handled by the City Council. The City Council is composed of five members who are elected to serve a two-year term. The City Council is responsible for making decisions for the city, including deciding on budget items and ordinances. They also appoint citizens to serve on committees such as the Economic Development Committee, Planning and Zoning Commission, and Parks Board. The Mayor is responsible for overseeing city operations, such as ensuring that legislation passed by the council is properly implemented. Voting in local elections is important to ensure that your voice is heard in Gallatin's decision making process. All residents aged 18 or older can register to vote with the Missouri Secretary of State's office. Participation in local politics helps shape our community's future and ensures that everyone has a stake in its success.
The political climate in Zip 64640 (Gallatin, MO) is very conservative.
Daviess County, MO is very conservative. In Daviess County, MO 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Daviess county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.3% to 19.1%.
Daviess county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64640 (Gallatin, MO) is very conservative.
Gallatin, Missouri is very conservative.
Daviess County, Missouri is very conservative.
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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.
Gallatin, 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 64640 (Gallatin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)