Irwin, MO is a small town located in central Missouri. It has a population of just over 500 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and strong sense of community. As such, the politics in Irwin tend to be fairly tame compared to larger cities. Local elections are mainly focused on community issues, such as maintaining infrastructure or helping local businesses grow. Community members come out in large numbers during elections to make their voices heard and ensure that the best candidates are elected to serve their interests. Local candidates also put a lot of effort into connecting with the people they seek to represent, so that they can better understand what matters most to all citizens of Irwin.
The political climate in Irwin, 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
Irwin, 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.
Irwin, 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 Irwin, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)