Ava, MO is a small rural town located in southwestern Missouri. It has a friendly and close-knit community that is proud of its history and traditions. The politics of Ava, MO are determined by the citizens who have the right to vote in local elections. Most of the local elections feature candidates from both major political parties, giving citizens the opportunity to choose who they believe will best represent their interests and views on local issues. Residents take part in various forms of civic engagement like voting, attending local council or board meetings, volunteering for campaigns, and running for office themselves. This ensures that issues important to the community are discussed and addressed by elected officials. Ava, MO has an active and engaged political landscape that residents can be proud of.
The political climate in Ava, MO is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, MO is very conservative. In Douglas County, MO 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.5%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ava, MO is strongly conservative.
Douglas 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.
Ava, 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 Ava, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $8,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $3,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)