Pemiscot County, Missouri is located in the southeast corner of Missouri and is part of the Bootheel region. It has a rich history of political activity, with many people taking part in local elections every year. The county is governed by the Board of Supervisors, who are all elected by the citizens of Pemiscot County. There are also several other offices such as Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, Assessor and Collector, Coroner and Recorder that are all elected during general elections. Local issues such as budgets, taxes, education and public safety are discussed each year during election season in order to ensure that best interests of the citizens are being represented. The local political candidates running for office work hard to meet with their constituents in order to get their message out and earn votes on election day. Everyone in Pemiscot County should make sure they are informed about local politics so they can make an educated decision when it comes time to vote!
The political climate in Pemiscot County, MO is very conservative.
In Pemiscot County, MO 27.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pemiscot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 27.2%.
Pemiscot county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pemiscot County, MO is very conservative.
Not Found Metro Area is 0.
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.
Pemiscot, Missouri: d 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 Pemiscot County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $15,962 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $46,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $534 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)