Ralls County, Missouri is a part of the state's 8th Congressional District. It is served by Representative Sam Graves as its federal representative in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Roy Blunt as its Senator in the United States Senate. At the local level, Ralls County elects three county commissioners, the county clerk, sheriff, prosecuting attorney, assessor and collector of revenue, coroner and public administrator. The county also has several other elected positions including two circuit court judges and one associate court judge who serve four-year terms. Ralls County citizens have traditionally taken an active role in their civic duties by exercising their right to vote on any issue that affects them or their community. The main political parties in Ralls County are Republican and Democrat with both having candidates running for numerous offices at both state and local levels.
The political climate in Ralls County, MO is very conservative.
In Ralls County, MO 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ralls county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 21.3%.
Ralls county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ralls County, MO is very conservative.
Hannibal 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.
Ralls, 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 Ralls County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 241 contributions totaling $34,023 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $6,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)