The St. Joseph, MO Metro Area is governed by local politicians who are focused on creating a vibrant and prosperous community. The Metro Area is home to a diverse population and the representatives ensure that all citizens have an equal voice in the decisions that affect them. They strive to create policy initiatives that promote economic growth and stability while providing services such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, healthcare, education and environmental protection. The city has seen significant growth over the years and the representatives work hard to ensure that continued progress is made in each of these areas. Through their efforts they are able to foster an environment where businesses can thrive and residents can enjoy a high quality of life in this great city.
The political climate in St. Joseph Metro Area is very conservative.
In St. Joseph Metro Area 32.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the St. Joseph metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.2%.
The St. Joseph metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Joseph 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.
St. Joseph, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in St. Joseph Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,994 contributions totaling $233,297 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,078 contributions totaling $2,090,058 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,939 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)