Rushville, MO is a small town in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. It is a rural area, and its population is around 500 people. Politics in Rushville are fairly typical for a small town in this region of the country. Local politicians are focused on issues like infrastructure, public safety, and economic development that directly impact the lives of constituents in Rushville. The city council and mayor work together to ensure local ordinances and regulations are properly enforced while also ensuring low taxes and economic prosperity for the community. Most citizens take an active role in municipal elections to ensure they have a voice when it comes to deciding who will be making important decisions about their community.
The political climate in Rushville, MO is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, MO is strongly conservative. In Buchanan County, MO 36.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Buchanan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 36.6%.
Buchanan county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rushville, MO is strongly conservative.
Buchanan County, Missouri is strongly conservative.
St. Joseph 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.
Rushville, Missouri: d r d 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 Rushville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)