Randolph County is located in the northern part of Missouri and is home to a diverse population of approximately 26,000 people. The county seat is Huntsville, and its government consists of a Board of Commissioners made up of five elected members who are responsible for making laws and regulations that govern the county. In addition, Randolph County has several local political offices that are filled by candidates who are voted on during elections. These positions include Mayor, City Council members, Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Assessor, Collector/Treasurer, Public Administrator and Prosecuting Attorney. Each year residents of Randolph County have the opportunity to vote for representatives that will serve their community in these key roles. While the focus of politics in Randolph County revolves around local issues such as budgets and taxes, it also pays attention to state and national topics including education reform, infrastructure improvements and public safety.
The political climate in Randolph County, MO is very conservative.
In Randolph County, MO 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph County, MO is very conservative.
Moberly 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.
Randolph, 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 Randolph County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 615 contributions totaling $21,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $216,346 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)