Warsaw, MO has a long-standing history of being a city that is politically engaged. The city council is comprised of six elected members, each of whom serve two-year terms. The mayor of Warsaw, MO is also an elected official who serves a four-year term. Local political candidates running for office in Warsaw often bring diverse perspectives to the table due to the city's varied demographics and range of viewpoints. Elections in Warsaw are held regularly in order to ensure every resident has access to active civic engagement and representation from their local government.
The political climate in Warsaw, MO is strongly conservative.
Benton County, MO is very conservative. In Benton County, MO 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Warsaw, MO is strongly conservative.
Benton 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.
Warsaw, 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 Warsaw, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $6,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 535 contributions totaling $21,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)