Darlington is a small rural town located in Southwest Missouri. It boasts a close-knit community with many long-standing residents who take pride in their local political involvement. Every year, residents of Darlington gather to elect members of the Board of Aldermen and decide on any changes that need to be made in town. All candidates for local office are known and respected by the citizens due to their commitment to the community and its values. The people of Darlington have high expectations for their politicians, and they strive to ensure that all elected officials are well-informed and knowledgeable about issues that affect the town. Each election season brings with it a sense of excitement as the citizens prepare to make their voices heard through their votes.
The political climate in Darlington, MO is very conservative.
Gentry County, MO is very conservative. In Gentry County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gentry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Gentry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darlington, MO is very conservative.
Gentry 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.
Darlington, 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 Darlington, 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 4 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)