Mountain View, Missouri is a small town located in the Ozark Mountains of south-central Missouri. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is known for its rural charm and stunning views of the surrounding countryside. The town is governed by a Mayor and six City Council members who are elected every two years. Through their work, the local government works to ensure that Mountain View remains a safe place to live and enjoys a quality of life that is enviable among its fellow small towns in the region. In recent years, various projects have been completed to upgrade amenities such as parks, schools, and libraries while also providing essential services like police protection. Political discourse in Mountain View centers on topics such as these local initiatives as well as economic development opportunities, with residents regularly coming together to talk about how best they can move their community forward.
The political climate in Mountain View, MO is moderately conservative.
Howell County, MO is very conservative. In Howell County, MO 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.2%.
Howell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain View, MO is moderately conservative.
Howell County, Missouri is very conservative.
West Plains 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.
Mountain View, 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 Mountain View, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $11,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $4,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $800 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)