Freeborn, MO has long been a place of political activism. Residents take pride in their city and are passionate in their beliefs when it comes to maintaining local government. In recent years, the city has seen several changes in leadership as civic-minded individuals have stepped forward to run for office. These candidates come from all walks of life and represent a broad range of ideologies. Despite differences, the citizens of Freeborn strive to come together and ensure decisions are made that benefit the community at large.
The political climate in Freeborn, MO is moderately conservative.
Dunklin County, MO is very conservative. In Dunklin County, MO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dunklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.1%.
Dunklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Freeborn, MO is moderately conservative.
Dunklin County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kennett 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.
Freeborn, 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 Freeborn, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $3,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $32,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $976 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)