Salisbury, Missouri is a small city located in North Central Missouri. It has a population of about 1,400 and is the county seat of Chariton County. The city is governed by the Salisbury City Council, which consists of five members that are elected from wards within the city to serve four year terms. The Mayor of Salisbury is also elected to serve a four-year term. Local politics in Salisbury are heavily influenced by the community’s small size and close knit communities. Issues and policies tend to focus on local concerns such as infrastructure, economic development and public safety. Residents take part in regional events such as town hall meetings and candidate forums to discuss relevant topics for their community. Election results usually show strong support from citizens who have a vested interest in seeing their hometown thrive.
The political climate in Salisbury, MO is strongly conservative.
Chariton County, MO is very conservative. In Chariton County, MO 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chariton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.3% to 22.5%.
Chariton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salisbury, MO is strongly conservative.
Chariton 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.
Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)