Douglas County is a rural county located in the southern part of Missouri. Its politics are largely conservative, reflective of the state's overall stance. The main political parties represented in Douglas County are Republicans and Democrats, with most elected officials falling into one of those categories. Most recently, Republican Mike Kelley was elected as the county commissioner for District 1 and Democrat Steve Sobel was elected as the county commissioner for District 2. Both candidates ran on platforms of fiscal responsibility and support for local businesses. Local elections also focus on improving infrastructure, providing health care options to residents, and supporting local education initiatives. At the state level, Douglas County is represented by Senator Steven Roberts who is a Republican. He works hard to ensure that Douglas County's voice is heard in Jefferson City and that its citizens have access to quality services.
The political climate in Douglas County, MO is very conservative.
In Douglas County, MO 14.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.5%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas 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.
Douglas, 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 Douglas County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $9,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $3,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)