Schell City is a small town located in Missouri that has an estimated population of approximately 600 people. The local government is managed by an elected mayor and a board of trustees. The mayor is responsible for representing the interests of the citizens, managing day-to-day operations, and shaping the future of the city through policy and development initiatives. Local politics has been relatively calm in recent years with no major controversies or scandals taking place. However, every few years residents have the opportunity to elect new mayors or members of the trustee board based on their political leanings and ideas for the future direction of Schell City. In addition to local candidates, citizens can also vote on statewide proposals that affect all Missourians such as taxes, healthcare, and education. With its small population size and rural location, Schell City remains a quiet backdrop for local politics with most residents content with how things are going in their hometown.
The political climate in Schell City, MO is very conservative.
Vernon County, MO is very conservative. In Vernon County, MO 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.7%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schell City, MO is very conservative.
Vernon 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.
Schell City, 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 Schell City, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $30 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)