Paris, Missouri is a small town with a population of just over 2,000. It is located in Moniteau County and is part of the larger Jefferson City metropolitan area. Politically speaking, Paris operates under the council-manager form of government, which consists of a mayor and six council members elected by city residents. The mayor and board of aldermen are responsible for setting policy and making decisions on the city鈥檚 behalf. On the county level, Moniteau County operates under a three-member commission system with one commissioner from each district serving staggered four-year terms. Moniteau County has recently seen an influx of new residents who have brought with them an increased interest in local politics. In addition to local elections, there are also mid-term congressional races that affect the citizens of Paris directly, as well as state and national elections that can help shape their future.
The political climate in Zip 65275 (Paris, MO) is very conservative.
Monroe County, MO is very conservative. In Monroe County, MO 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Monroe county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.9%.
Monroe county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65275 (Paris, MO) is very conservative.
Paris, Missouri is very conservative.
Monroe 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.
Paris, 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 65275 (Paris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)