Lawson, MO is a small town located in Clay County. Although not heavily populated, the citizens of Lawson take their politics very seriously. The town is represented by a number of different political parties, and many local residents dedicate their time to keeping up with the current affairs of their community. Every year, locals come out in droves to vote for local candidates who they believe will do the best job representing their interests and working to improve Lawson. This commitment to local politics has helped keep Lawson an active and engaged community.
The political climate in Lawson, MO is strongly conservative.
Ray County, MO is very conservative. In Ray County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Ray county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawson, MO is strongly conservative.
Ray County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lawson, Missouri: d 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 Lawson, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $3,958 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $6,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)