Stoddard County, MO is a rural area with a small population. It has a local government that works hard to ensure its citizens are represented and their needs are met. The county seats hold local elections every four years, where residents can vote for their representatives in the county government. These elected officials make decisions on issues like law enforcement funding, public health initiatives, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development programs. While there are no major national political candidates running in Stoddard County, the local elections have an important impact on the day-to-day life of the community. As such, it is important for residents to stay informed about their local politics and participate in these elections when they come up.
The political climate in Stoddard County, MO is very conservative.
In Stoddard County, MO 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stoddard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 13.5%.
Stoddard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stoddard 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.
Stoddard, 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 Stoddard County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 606 contributions totaling $63,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $237,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $906 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)