Southwest City, MO is a thriving and vibrant community in Missouri. It has its own unique culture and charm, attracting residents from all walks of life. Politically, Southwest City supports a variety of candidates from different backgrounds and ideologies. Locally, there are often elections to decide the Mayor or select representatives for the City Council. The local political scene is lively and engaged with citizens debating issues both within and outside the city limits. While some prefer traditional views and values others champion progressive ideas and policies that will benefit the future generations of Southwest City dwellers. Regardless of which candidate wins the election or which policies get passed, one thing remains true: Southwest City residents are passionate about their hometown and dedicated to making it even better than it already is.
The political climate in Southwest City, MO is strongly conservative.
McDonald County, MO is very conservative. In McDonald County, MO 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDonald county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.4% to 15.9%.
McDonald county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Southwest City, MO is strongly conservative.
McDonald County, Missouri is very conservative.
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metro Area is moderately 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.
Southwest 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 Southwest City, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $35 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)