Tightwad, MO is a small town located in the Ozark region of Missouri. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the community. Local elections for Mayor and City Council are held every four years and are hotly contested. The current Mayor is a long-time resident of Tightwad who has worked hard to ensure that all residents of the community have access to basic services such as water, sewer, and police protection. The City Council consists of five members who are elected by the community to represent their interests. They have recently passed several measures intended to improve infrastructure and services for all citizens of Tightwad. Issues such as funding for schools, economic development initiatives, and public safety are all discussed regularly at City Council meetings. Residents of Tightwad take great pride in their local government and strive to ensure that it works efficiently to meet the needs of their town.
The political climate in Tightwad, MO is strongly conservative.
Henry County, MO is very conservative. In Henry County, MO 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.2%.
Henry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tightwad, MO is strongly conservative.
Henry 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.
Tightwad, 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 Tightwad, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 580 contributions totaling $34,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $38,046 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)