Forsyth, MO is a small town with a population of just over 900 people. It is located in Taney County and is part of the larger Ozark region of Missouri. In Forsyth, political decisions are made through a local government system that is comprised of an elected mayor, a four-member city council, and various other appointed boards and commissions.The mayor and city council members serve two-year terms, while the members of other bodies are typically appointed to serve three or four year terms. Decisions on matters such as budget use, taxation rates, infrastructure projects, and ordinances are made by this local government body. The town also hosts regular elections on municipal issues such as property taxes for schools and public services. Overall, politics in Forsyth revolve around the same issues other small towns face - managing resources efficiently with limited funds and finding ways to provide quality services to citizens while staying within budget restrictions.
The political climate in Forsyth, MO is strongly conservative.
Taney County, MO is very conservative. In Taney County, MO 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.3%.
Taney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forsyth, MO is strongly conservative.
Taney County, Missouri is very conservative.
Branson Metro Area 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.
Forsyth, 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 Forsyth, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $5,522 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $5,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)