Poplar Bluff, Missouri is a small city located in Butler County. It has an active political scene, with many local residents participating in the civic process. The local government consists of a mayor and a city council that are elected by the citizens of Poplar Bluff. These representatives work together to create and implement laws that benefit the entire community. There are several candidates who have declared their candidacy in the upcoming election and they are actively campaigning for votes from the public. The candidates come from different backgrounds, including business owners, teachers, and lawyers, which helps to ensure that all voices in the city are represented when decisions are made. With so many different views at play in the city's politics, there is sure to be plenty of discussion and debate leading up to this year's election.
The political climate in Poplar Bluff, MO is moderately conservative.
Butler County, MO is very conservative. In Butler County, MO 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 18.2%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poplar Bluff, MO is moderately conservative.
Butler County, Missouri is very conservative.
Poplar Bluff 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.
Poplar Bluff, 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 Poplar Bluff, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $24,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 279 contributions totaling $87,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)