Butterfield, MO is a small town located in the Midwest that has historically held strong ties to its rural roots. The politics of Butterfield are dominated by local issues like infrastructure, public education, and economic development. Through regular public meetings and voting initiatives, citizens of Butterfield are given the opportunity to voice their opinions on how their community should be run. Local leaders also have the ability to ensure that the needs of all residents are met in an equitable manner. With its vibrant citizen involvement and commitment to democracy, Butterfield remains committed to being a place where everyone's voice can be heard.
The political climate in Butterfield, MO is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MO is very conservative. In Barry County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butterfield, MO is strongly conservative.
Barry 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.
Butterfield, 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 Butterfield, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $13,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $71,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $764 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)