Jasper, MO is a small town in the Southwest region of Missouri. Despite its size, it has an active political scene with many local candidates vying for public office. Local elections are held for positions such as mayor, city council members, alderman, treasurer and other positions. During election season, local residents come out in droves to make sure their voice is heard and to support the candidates they believe will represent them best in their community. The candidates campaign by attending community events, hosting meet-and-greets and door-to-door canvassing. Civic organizations like Jasper's Chamber of Commerce also help promote civic education and engagement with local politics to ensure that every resident is informed about what is going on within their community. Additionally, several prominent groups such as the NAACP host regular forums where citizens can learn more about the various issues facing Jasper and discuss solutions so that everyone can have a say in how their government makes decisions that affect the town.
The political climate in Jasper, MO is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, MO is very conservative. In Jasper County, MO 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jasper, MO is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, Missouri is very conservative.
Joplin 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.
Jasper, 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 Jasper, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $3,146 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)