Taney County, Missouri is located in the southwestern corner of the state and has a rich history of political involvement. Elected officials at both the county and state level often spend their time focused on issues that are important to local residents. These range from economic development to providing healthcare and education opportunities, as well as other public services. Additionally, Taney County's representatives have been successful in bringing federal funds home to benefit their constituents. Although population statistics are not included here, it is estimated that over 30,000 people reside within the county limits. The current local political candidates are working diligently to ensure the needs of citizens within Taney County continue to be addressed and met through thoughtful policy decisions.
The political climate in Taney County, MO is very conservative.
In Taney County, MO 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.3%.
Taney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taney County, MO is very conservative.
Branson 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.
Taney, 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 Taney County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 580 contributions totaling $35,714 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 665 contributions totaling $1,546,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)