Barry County, MO is a largely rural area located in the south-west corner of the state. Politically, it is a strongly conservative county, with Republicans dominating all levels of local government. At the county level, Barry County is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners, who oversee budgets and various other aspects of local government. On the state level, Barry County sends two representatives to the Missouri House and Senate, both of whom are Republican. Similarly, at the federal level, Barry County is represented in Congress by Republican Jason Smith. Despite its political leanings, Barry County is committed to ensuring fair representation for all its citizens and maintaining an open dialogue on government policies and initiatives that affect its constituents.
The political climate in Barry County, MO is very conservative.
In Barry County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barry County, MO is very conservative.
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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.
Barry, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Barry County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 300 contributions totaling $29,453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 374 contributions totaling $180,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $482 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)