Bowling Green, Missouri is a small town located in Pike County. It has a long and rich history dating back to the early 1800s when it was established as the first county seat. Despite its small population of just over 2,000 people, Bowling Green is an active place politically. Every two years, local residents have the chance to elect officials who will represent them in government. The current mayor of Bowling Green is Dave Clark, who was elected in 2019. Other local political offices include four city council members, a treasurer and clerk/collector. Local candidates for these offices are typically active members of the community who have experience with the issues that are most important to Bowling Green's citizens. In addition to electing their own representatives to the state legislature, Bowling Green voters also have a say on federal issues when they cast ballots during national elections. Through their political participation, local residents help shape the future of their town and ensure that their voices are heard on important matters.
The political climate in Bowling Green, MO is strongly conservative.
Pike County, MO is very conservative. In Pike County, MO 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 22.3%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowling Green, MO is strongly conservative.
Pike 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.
Bowling Green, 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 Bowling Green, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $17,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $4,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)