Laclede County is a vibrant and engaged political area in Missouri. The county has an active Democratic Party, along with a small but growing Republican base. Every election season, passionate debates are held on local issues ranging from infrastructure to taxes. Local candidates are eager to listen to residents and discuss their points of view on important topics. Voters in the county have the opportunity to cast their ballots for both parties, making sure that their voice is heard in the upcoming elections. Through grassroots engagement and direct contact with candidates, citizens of Laclede County can ensure that their needs are represented in local politics.
The political climate in Laclede County, MO is very conservative.
In Laclede County, MO 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laclede county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.5%.
Laclede county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laclede County, MO is very conservative.
Lebanon Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Laclede, 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 Laclede County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $19,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $219,754 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $543 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)