Dade County, Missouri is a rural area located in the southwestern corner of the state. While it may not have a large population, the area is home to a number of active political groups and organizations. Dade County has its own local political party that works to promote candidates for office and advocates for the interests of locals in regional politics. There are several members of Congress who represent Dade County as well, making sure that their constituents’ concerns are heard at the state and federal level. The county also has its own elected Sheriff who works to keep the peace and an emergency management team that prepares for any potential natural or man-made disasters. All in all, Dade County has an active political atmosphere with much going on at both local and regional levels.
The political climate in Dade County, MO is very conservative.
In Dade County, MO 15.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.9%.
Dade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dade 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.
Dade, 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 Dade County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 280 contributions totaling $6,067 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $15,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)