Licking, MO is a small town in Missouri with a population of around 1,500 people. The local politics in Licking are largely centered around the city council, which is responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of the citizens and businesses. The city council meets monthly to discuss issues like budgeting, infrastructure, public safety and more. In addition to the city council, there are also a number of local political organizations in Licking that promote civic engagement and help to ensure that all voices are heard. Some of these include the Licking County Republican Party, the Licking County Democratic Party and the Licking County Libertarians. All three of these organizations work together to ensure that everyone in Licking has an opportunity to be heard and their opinions taken into consideration when it comes time for policy decisions.
The political climate in Licking, MO is strongly conservative.
Texas County, MO is very conservative. In Texas County, MO 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Texas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.2%.
Texas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Licking, MO is strongly conservative.
Texas 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.
Licking, 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 Licking, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $13,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $5,211 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)