Jasper, MO County is a small county located in the heart of Missouri. Politics in Jasper, MO County are largely run by local government officials who are elected by the people. The official governing body of the county is the Jasper County Board of Commissioners, which consists of five members who serve four year terms. Each commissioner is responsible for managing and maintaining county operations, including budgeting, taxation and public services. Additionally, each year residents elect representatives to serve on state and federal legislative bodies that represent their region. Through these elected officials, locals have direct influence over policies concerning economic development, law enforcement initiatives, infrastructure improvements and more. Overall, participating in politics at the local level helps provide residents with an effective way to create changes that benefit their community and ensure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Jasper County, MO is very conservative.
In Jasper County, MO 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jasper County, MO is very conservative.
Joplin 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.
Jasper, 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 Jasper County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,963 contributions totaling $282,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,354 contributions totaling $2,254,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,665 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)