Pulaski County, Missouri is a rural county with approximately 8,000 residents. Located in the south-central region of the state, Pulaski County has a long history of political involvement and civic engagement. Its citizens are proud of their commitment to local issues and take part in many public forums on topics such as education, economic development and social justice. The county has two representatives in the Missouri House of Representatives: Richard Brown (Republican) and Steve Cookson (Democrat). Both have held office since 2004 and work to ensure that the interests of their constituents are represented at all levels of government. Local elections are held every four years, when voters decide on mayors, city council members, school board members and other officials who will represent them. In addition to elections, Pulaski County also hosts a variety of public meetings related to community issues throughout the year.
The political climate in Pulaski County, MO is very conservative.
In Pulaski County, MO 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 25.9%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pulaski County, MO is very conservative.
Fort Leonard Wood 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.
Pulaski, 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 Pulaski County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 586 contributions totaling $48,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $20,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)