Hickory County, Missouri has a long history of active politics. In the past, local elections have often been hotly contested among the community's diverse range of political views. More recently, Hickory County's political landscape has seen an influx of new ideas and candidates as the county continues to develop and grow. Local elections typically feature a wide variety of candidates from both major parties, as well as independents and third-party candidates. The county is served by several representatives in the state legislature, all of whom are dedicated to making sure that Hickory County is represented fairly at the state level. In addition to these representatives, there are several prominent organizations in Hickory County which work together to ensure the local government addresses issues important to residents such as economic development, education funding, healthcare access, and much more. As such, Hickory County is a vibrant hub for politics and activism where people can come together to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Hickory County, MO is very conservative.
In Hickory County, MO 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hickory county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.8%.
Hickory county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hickory 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.
Hickory, 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 Hickory County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $4,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)