Carroll County is a rural county in Missouri with a population of around 8,000 people. It is represented in the state legislature by Jerry Nolte and Gary Fuhr, both Republicans. The county also has many local government offices, including sheriff, assessor, coroner and prosecutor, all of which are elected positions. The county voters have consistently favored Republican candidates in recent years. Despite its small size, Carroll County is an important part of the local political landscape and residents take their civic duties seriously. Issues such as economic development, public safety and education have been primary concerns for county lawmakers in recent years. The citizens of Carroll County have a long history of civic engagement and dedication to their community that continues today.
The political climate in Carroll County, MO is very conservative.
In Carroll County, MO 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 17.3%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carroll 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.
Carroll, 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 Carroll County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $4,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $9,878 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)