Sweet Springs, Missouri is a small town situated in the western part of the state. With a population of just over 4,000 people, it is a close-knit and friendly community that takes pride in its local government. Sweet Springs’ government is made up of an elected mayor and four council members who serve two-year terms. Through their leadership, the town has seen improvements to its infrastructure, economic development and quality of life for its citizens. Despite its small size, Sweet Springs has an active political scene as candidates from both major parties often campaign for local offices. The current mayor is running for re-election this year and he will be facing off against two opponents in what promises to be an exciting race. Residents of Sweet Springs take interest in their local politics and always come out to participate in elections and voice their opinions on important issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Sweet Springs, MO is strongly conservative.
Saline County, MO is very conservative. In Saline County, MO 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.5%.
Saline county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sweet Springs, MO is strongly conservative.
Saline County, Missouri is very conservative.
Marshall 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.
Sweet Springs, Missouri: d 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 Sweet Springs, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $2,821 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,508 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)