Benton, MO County is a rural location in the Midwestern United States. It is governed by a local board of supervisors who are elected to serve the people of the county every two years. The current board consists of seven members, each from their own district in the county. They are responsible for administering laws and ordinances that govern all aspects of life within Benton County. Issues such as land use regulations, taxation, public safety and education are all under the jurisdiction of this board. All decisions made by these elected officials must take into account the interests of both residents and businesses in Benton County. People have an opportunity to get involved in local politics by running for office or participating in elections when they occur. This ensures that everyone has a say in how their community is managed and run.
The political climate in Benton County, MO is very conservative.
In Benton County, MO 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton County, MO 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.
Benton, 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 Benton County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $16,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 663 contributions totaling $39,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)