Princeton, MO is a small rural town located in Mercer County. The town does not have a huge population and instead focuses on the agricultural aspect of the area. Politically, Princeton is similar to much of the surrounding communities as it follows a majority conservative approach. The city elects representatives who share their values and ideals. These representatives are dedicated to serving their constituents in an honest and open way that benefits all of their constituents. They strive to create laws that help accomplish this goal while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Princeton also has an active citizen involvement and encourages discussion among all citizens regarding political issues. This helps keep the citizens informed on local politics and helps them be involved in the decision making process for their community.
The political climate in Princeton, MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, MO is very conservative. In Mercer County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.5%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Princeton, MO is strongly conservative.
Mercer 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.
Princeton, 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 Princeton, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $34,933 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)