Bollinger County is located in the southeastern part of Missouri and is home to a diverse population. It is governed by a five-member county commission, headed by a presiding commission chairman and four commissioners. The commission meets on the first Monday of each month at the Bollinger County Courthouse. The county has a variety of local political organizations, such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party and Libertarian Party. Each party has its own set of candidates in all local elections in Bollinger County. Furthermore, there are various other organizations dedicated to various political causes within the county. These organizations regularly host events and forums which bring together many residents to discuss important issues that affect them, their families and their community as a whole.
The political climate in Bollinger County, MO is very conservative.
In Bollinger County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bollinger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.4% to 12.5%.
Bollinger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bollinger County, MO is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Bollinger, 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 Bollinger County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $5,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $58,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)