Crane, MO is a small town in Southwest Missouri that is home to just under 5,000 people. The town is governed by a city council made up of five members who are elected by the town's citizens. These representatives serve two-year terms and are responsible for creating local laws and policies that affect the entire community. The mayor of Crane is also elected every two years, and provides leadership to the City Council and to the people of Crane. Local elections in Crane tend to be relatively quiet affairs with few candidates running for office each cycle, however these elections are important to ensure leaders are chosen who will work for the betterment of the community.
The political climate in Crane, MO is strongly conservative.
Stone County, MO is very conservative. In Stone County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 18.9%.
Stone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crane, MO is strongly conservative.
Stone County, Missouri is very conservative.
Branson 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.
Crane, 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 Crane, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $615 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $8,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $539 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)