Phillipsburg, MO is a small rural town located in northern Missouri. It is home to just over 500 residents, and the local government is made up of a mayor and city council. The mayor acts as the chief executive of the municipality, and works with the city council to set policy for town matters. Currently, Phillipsburg has an election coming up this fall in which three candidates are running for mayor. Each candidate has different ideas on how to improve the community, ranging from economic development to providing better public safety services. Citizens can get more information about these candidates through social media platforms or attending campaign events around town. Despite its small population, Phillipsburg has an engaged electorate that is ready to make their voices heard during this election season.
The political climate in Phillipsburg, MO is strongly conservative.
Laclede County, MO is very conservative. In Laclede County, MO 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laclede county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.5%.
Laclede county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phillipsburg, MO is strongly conservative.
Laclede County, Missouri is very conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Phillipsburg, 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 Phillipsburg, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $236 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $5,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)