Vernon, MO County is a vibrant community with a long and proud history. Politically, the county is represented by Republican State Representative Joe Don McGaugh and Missouri State Senator Mike Parson. Locally, the county elects Commissioners to serve on the Board of Commissioners as well as other elected officials. In addition, citizens in Vernon County have the opportunity to participate in special elections for specific issues or projects that might arise from time to time. Politically speaking, the county has been largely dependent on the Republican platform for many years and remains so today. However, bipartisan efforts are made by both parties to ensure that everyone's voices are heard in local decision-making processes. Civic engagement is high in Vernon County and both residents and visitors alike can be sure that their opinions will be valued when it comes to politics in this area.
The political climate in Vernon County, MO is very conservative.
In Vernon County, MO 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.7%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vernon 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.
Vernon, 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 Vernon County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 382 contributions totaling $18,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $41,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)