Fair Grove, Missouri is a small town with a population of approximately 1,000 people. It is known for its beautiful landscape and vibrant atmosphere. Politics in Fair Grove are handled by the city council which consists of five members elected to serve four-year terms. The Mayor and Council members serve without pay and are responsible for setting policy, approving ordinances, adopting budgets, and providing necessary services to residents. The Mayor serves as a leader for the community, while the Council works to ensure that policies represent their constituents’ interests. Local political candidates are not mentioned in this context because Fair Grove is too small to have any dedicated party politics or candidates running for office. However, the city does hold elections every two years in order to choose new leaders and ensure that representation is accurate and up-to-date.
The political climate in Fair Grove, MO is strongly conservative.
Greene County, MO is moderately conservative. In Greene County, MO 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.8% to 38.7%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fair Grove, MO is strongly conservative.
Greene County, Missouri is moderately conservative.
Springfield 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.
Fair Grove, 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 Fair Grove, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $10,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $77,501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,845 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)