Mercer, MO County is a small rural area in the Midwestern United States. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by local officials who are elected to their positions. These local politicians work together to ensure that the community's needs are met and its citizens are served. They often focus on issues such as infrastructure, education, health care, economic development, public safety, and environmental protection. These issues all have an impact on the quality of life for residents of Mercer County. The local political candidates strive to meet the needs of their constituents while also working towards a better future for the county. Through careful listening and thoughtful decision-making they prioritize the most important issues facing Mercer County while ensuring that their constituents are heard and valued.
The political climate in Mercer County, MO is very conservative.
In Mercer County, MO 12.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.5%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mercer 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.
Mercer, 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 Mercer County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $35,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $370 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)