Yonkerville is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Yonkerville typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yonkerville, ~9% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yonkerville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yonkerville leans more Republican than 31 of 68 neighbors.
Yonkerville runs about 50 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Yonkerville. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+72) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+58), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Yonkerville leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Yonkerville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Yonkerville are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Yonkerville, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Yonkerville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Yonkerville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Yonkerville have completed high school, below 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pierce City, MO R+62
- Monett, MO R+50
- Pioneer, MO R+72
- Purdy, MO R+68
- Wentworth, MO R+70
- Fairview, MO R+72
- Stark City, MO R+72
- Freistatt, MO R+72
- Wheaton, MO R+66
- Newtonia, MO R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bagdad, LA R+62
- Baneberry, TN R+65
- Hamer, ID R+82
- Vesta, MN R+69
- Spring Hill, IA R+33
- Owaneco, IL R+54
- Burnips, MI R+48
- Clifford, IN R+58
- Leshara, NE R+49
- Stacy, VA R+70
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.