Moberly, MO is a small city located in Randolph County in central Missouri. It has a population of around 14,000 people and is the county seat of Randolph County. Although it is a small city, politics still play an important role in the day to day life of Moberly's citizens. The City Council holds monthly meetings where local leaders discuss issues concerning the community. Each year, residents of Moberly will have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate for Mayor and other offices within city government. The candidates chosen are typically very knowledgeable about the needs of the community and are dedicated to making sure those needs are met. Additionally, there are many organizations and initiatives that involve political involvement such as citizen-led initiatives, issue advocacy groups,and volunteer committees that work with local authorities on issues that affect local citizens. All of these opportunities provide Moberly's citizens with chances to get involved in their own governance and thus shape the politics in this small Missouri town.
The political climate in Moberly, MO is moderately conservative.
Randolph County, MO is very conservative. In Randolph County, MO 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moberly, MO is moderately conservative.
Randolph County, Missouri is very conservative.
Moberly 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.
Moberly, 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 Moberly, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,160 contributions totaling $67,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 608 contributions totaling $854,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)