West Sullivan, MO is a small rural community located in the Midwestern United States. In this small town, politics can be a contentious topic. Community members tend to have different ideologies and opinions about local and national politics. In West Sullivan, local elections are held every two years for city council and mayor positions. The candidates for these positions are usually well known in the community, from local business owners to teachers or other civic leaders. Residents of West Sullivan also take part in state and federal elections by voting for representatives who will represent their interests on the larger scale. Ultimately, regardless of political orientation or beliefs, members of West Sullivan are passionate about their community and want to make sure that it has a voice at the state and federal levels with representatives that share their values.
The political climate in West Sullivan, MO is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, MO is very conservative. In Crawford County, MO 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.3%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Sullivan, MO is strongly conservative.
Crawford 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.
West Sullivan, 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 West Sullivan, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 293 contributions totaling $21,617 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $18,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)