Hollister, Missouri is a small town located in Taney County. It is governed by Mayor Pete Lawrence and four members of the Board of Alderman. Their mission is to provide the citizens of Hollister with safe and effective solutions for the community's needs. The town has had a long history of civic engagement, encouraging residents to become involved in shaping local policies and programs. Local elections are held every two years, during which residents can vote for candidates who they feel are best suited to represent their interests on the Board of Aldermen. In recent years, the citizens have been very active in making sure their voices are heard during election season. Issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements are regularly discussed at meetings and through public forums. Hollister remains an active and engaged community where citizens can make their opinion count when it comes to politics in their hometown.
The political climate in Hollister, MO is moderately conservative.
Taney County, MO is very conservative. In Taney County, MO 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.3%.
Taney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hollister, MO is moderately conservative.
Taney 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.
Hollister, 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 Hollister, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 816 contributions totaling $49,776 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,140 contributions totaling $3,054,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,679 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)