Barton City is a small town in Missouri with a population just over 5,000 people. It has a long history of government and politics that dates back to the late 19th century when it was first founded. The current mayor of Barton City is Ted Smith, who has served since 2018. Under Mayor Smith’s leadership, Barton City has seen an increase in economic growth, tourism, and infrastructure investments. Additionally, he has worked on initiatives to improve public safety by increasing police presence and investing in community-oriented programs throughout the city. Outside of the mayor’s office there are other important political figures from Barton City. There is also a city council consisting of five members who have been elected to represent their respective wards within the city limits. These representatives work on behalf of their constituents to address local issues and push forward proposed legislation that would benefit all citizens of Barton City.
The political climate in Barton City, MO is very conservative.
Barton County, MO is very conservative. In Barton County, MO 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.0% to 13.9%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barton City, MO is very conservative.
Barton 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.
Barton City, 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 Barton City, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $6,564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $8,866 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)