Chariton County, Missouri has a long and interesting history with politics. The county has had a strong tradition of civic engagement and local elections have been held for many years. Local candidates often engage in vigorous campaigns to represent the people of Chariton County. Issues such as taxes, education, and public safety are important to the citizens of Chariton County and the county’s elected representatives take this into account when making important decisions that affect the locality. While there have been changes over time, the residents of Chariton County remain committed to electing officials who will best serve their interests.
The political climate in Chariton County, MO is very conservative.
In Chariton County, MO 22.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chariton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.3% to 22.5%.
Chariton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chariton 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.
Chariton, 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 Chariton County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $6,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $8,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)