The politics in Pike, MO County are an interesting topic of discussion. As part of Missouri's 8th Congressional district, the county has been represented by Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler since 2011. Hartzler is a Republican and works closely with President Donald Trump on a variety of issues, including taxation and immigration. Although she is popular within the county, there are several other political candidates vying to represent the 8th district. This includes Democrats Gena Ross and Lindsey Simmons as well as Libertarian Party candidate Matthew Parson. In addition to these local political representatives, the county also elects its own State Senator and State Representatives who help shape state laws and regulations that affect all citizens in Pike County.
The political climate in Pike County, MO is very conservative.
In Pike County, MO 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.1% to 22.3%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pike 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.
Pike, 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 Pike County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 438 contributions totaling $56,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $14,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)