Baring, MO is a small town located in the heart of Missouri with a population of approximately 500 people. Although Baring is a small town, it still has an active political scene. The city is part of Boone County and is represented by state legislators who are elected to represent the county’s interests at the state level. For local politics, Baring residents vote on candidates for mayor during municipal elections every two years. These elections determine who makes the decisions that govern how Baring runs. In addition, Baring's mayor represents the town at local meetings with other mayors in nearby towns and cities, advocating for Baring's best interests. Despite its size, politics in Baring are important to ensuring that it remains a safe place to live and work for all its citizens.
The political climate in Baring, MO is strongly conservative.
Knox County, MO is very conservative. In Knox County, MO 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.3%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baring, MO is strongly conservative.
Knox 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.
Baring, 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 Baring, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)