Penn, MO is a small town located in the Midwest United States. Politically, it is a mostly conservative area, with many residents that lean right on various issues. Although there are no major political candidates from the local area, citizens remain active in their community by participating in elections and attending town meetings. These meetings are usually held to discuss important issues and decisions that affect the people of Penn and its surrounding communities. Issues such as taxes, education, and environmental regulations are all discussed at these meetings. The residents of Penn also work to make sure that their voices are heard through various forms of engagement including voting for local representatives at the state level as well as writing letters to their elected officials about their concerns. Overall, Penn is an active political community that works hard to ensure its citizens have a say in all decisions that affect them.
The political climate in Penn, MO is moderately conservative.
Sullivan County, MO is very conservative. In Sullivan County, MO 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sullivan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 19.3%.
Sullivan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Penn, MO is moderately conservative.
Sullivan 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.
Penn, 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 Penn, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $11,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $259 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)