Ray County is a small rural county located in the state of Missouri. It has a population of 17,000 and is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners. This board is responsible for setting laws and regulations that affect the county’s residents. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, Ray County also has several local political candidates running for office each year. These candidates include people from various backgrounds, ranging from business professionals to educators. The political climate in Ray County is generally conservative, with a focus on traditional values and respectful debate between parties. Residents of Ray County take part in numerous political events throughout the year, including voter registration drives and debates between local candidates. Despite being a smaller county, Ray takes pride in its civil discourse surrounding politics and is proud to be a part of a larger democratic process in Missouri.
The political climate in Ray County, MO is very conservative.
In Ray County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Ray county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ray County, MO is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Ray, Missouri: d 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 Ray County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $11,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $11,716 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)