Powersville, MO is a small town with a population of roughly 5,000 people. It is known for its tight-knit community and local traditions. Politically speaking, the town leans slightly to the left, but there is still a sizable population of conservatives that live in Powersville and participate in the political process. There are two main political parties represented in Powersville: the Democrats and Republicans. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and City Council that typically hold nonpartisan positions. However, many of the major issues facing citizens of Powersville often have partisan implications, such as taxes or budgeting priorities. Although Elections for these positions are heavily contested, they generally do not feature any specific candidates from either party. Instead, voters are encouraged to research all available candidates on their merits in order to make an informed decision on election day.
The political climate in Powersville, MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, MO is very conservative. In Putnam County, MO 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 15.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Powersville, MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam 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.
Powersville, 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 Powersville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)