Cedar, MO County is a small county located in the heart of Missouri. It is largely rural, with most of its residents living and working in the agriculture sector. As such, it has a small population and a limited number of political candidates. The main political parties represented in Cedar are the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, and the Libertarian Party. Each of these parties holds local elections for various offices such as County Sheriff, County Clerk, and County Commissioner. Local candidates are usually well-known within the community and have been active in politics during their tenure. The citizens of Cedar take their right to vote seriously and make sure that their voices are heard through their ballot choices. The citizens strongly support their chosen candidates and encourage them to continue serving them faithfully.
The political climate in Cedar County, MO is very conservative.
In Cedar County, MO 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cedar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.3%.
Cedar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar 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.
Cedar, 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 Cedar County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $3,062 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $14,124 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)