Edinburg, MO is a small town in St. Louis County with a population of just over 1,000 people. The city's politics are focused on keeping the town safe and providing services to the citizens that make life easier for them. There are several local candidates running for office in the upcoming election who represent different views and opinions on how Edinburg should be run. One candidate is advocating for improved infrastructure and services such as better roads, public transportation and more opportunities for businesses to thrive. Another candidate is focusing on reducing crime, providing more recreational activities for young people and maintaining the small-town character of Edinburg. Lastly, there are those who strive to increase civic engagement by encouraging citizens to become involved in local government and promoting transparency and fairness in decision making. Although all of these candidates have differing agendas, they all share the common objective of making Edinburg an even better place to live for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Edinburg, MO is very conservative.
Grundy County, MO is very conservative. In Grundy County, MO 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.0%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edinburg, MO is very conservative.
Grundy 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.
Edinburg, 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 Edinburg, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $3,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)