Collins, MO is a small town in the Midwest United States with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The local politics in Collins revolve around issues that are unique to the community such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure. Local political candidates running for office in Collins typically focus on these issues when campaigning and the residents of Collins take these topics very seriously. In recent local elections, there has been an emphasis on attracting new businesses to Collins to support economic growth while still preserving the small town charm. There have also been debates about how best to invest in public works projects that will improve quality of life for all Collins citizens. During election season, you can find advertisements from local candidates plastered throughout the town as they make their case for why they should represent Collins’s interests in government.
The political climate in Collins, MO is strongly conservative.
St. Clair County, MO is very conservative. In St. Clair County, MO 19.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Clair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.1% to 19.9%.
St. Clair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Collins, MO is strongly conservative.
St. Clair 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.
Collins, 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 Collins, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $1,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)