Politics in Blodgett, MO are an important part of the local community. With a population of approximately 2,000 people, the town is served by a mayor and six-member city council that oversee various municipal services such as fire, police, sanitation, public works and other services. Elections for both the mayor and city council occur every two years and provide residents with the chance to voice their opinion on who should represent them. The current mayor is Ron Johnson while the members of the council are Adrian Jones, Frank Smith, Abigail Thomas, John Clark, Molly Davis and Ryan Williams. These individuals work together to create policies that best serve the people of Blodgett and ensure their town continues to thrive.
The political climate in Blodgett, MO is very conservative.
Scott County, MO is very conservative. In Scott County, MO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.1%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blodgett, MO is very conservative.
Scott County, Missouri is very conservative.
Sikeston 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.
Blodgett, 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 Blodgett, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $36,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 339 contributions totaling $154,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $456 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)