Marston, MO is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. Despite its small population, it has an active and vibrant political climate. The city is governed by a mayor and city council members who are elected by the town's citizens. Issues of important concern to Marston residents include affordable housing, public safety, and economic development. Local elections are held regularly to determine who will represent the interests of the community in local government offices. Candidates for local office come from all walks of life with many seeking their first political office as an opportunity to serve their community. Many candidates have earned a strong reputation from engaging with their constituency and responding to their needs during election campaigns. For Marston residents, local politics provides an opportunity to shape and direct the direction of their town as well as having a say in larger state and national issues that may affect them.
The political climate in Marston, MO is strongly conservative.
New Madrid County, MO is very conservative. In New Madrid County, MO 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, New Madrid county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 24.1%.
New Madrid county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marston, MO is strongly conservative.
New Madrid 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.
Marston, 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 Marston, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $11,994 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)