Holt County, Missouri is located in the far northwestern corner of the state and has a population of just over 5,000 people. The county seat is Oregon, which is home to a small but vibrant community. Politically, Holt County is reliably conservative with most elections going to Republican candidates and propositions. Local government is organized into various offices including county commissioners and sheriff's deputies, all of whom are elected by Holt County residents. The county also has an active school board that oversees public education in the area. In addition to local politics, Holt County is part of Missouri's 4th Congressional district, represented by Republican Vicky Hartzler in the US House of Representatives. Overall, Holt County enjoys a peaceful atmosphere with minimal political tensions as its residents work together to ensure their quality of life remains high.
The political climate in Holt County, MO is very conservative.
In Holt County, MO 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.4%.
Holt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holt 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.
Holt, 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 Holt County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $95 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $8,184 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)