Arbela, MO is a small town located in the northeast corner of Missouri. It is home to a tight-knit community that values its traditions and local culture. Politically, the town leans conservative with most of the residents supporting Republican candidates. The town has elected several prominent Republicans to the local offices including Joe Smith who was the mayor for two consecutive terms and is now serving as a county commissioner. Additionally, there have been a number of conservative grassroots initiatives in recent years including taxes on tourist activities and limits on zoning regulations. Despite these conservative leanings, Arbela has also seen an influx of liberal voters over the past few years which has caused more political discussions and debates among citizens than ever before. Moving forward, it will be interesting to see how this new dynamic affects the politics in Arbela, MO for years to come.
The political climate in Arbela, MO is strongly conservative.
Scotland County, MO is very conservative. In Scotland County, MO 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scotland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.5%.
Scotland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arbela, MO is strongly conservative.
Scotland County, Missouri 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.
Arbela, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Arbela, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)