Greene County, MO is a rural area located in southwest Missouri. As the county seat of Greene County, Springfield, MO is home to many of the local political offices for the county. The local government is presided over by a three-member commission who are responsible for enacting legislation and setting policy for Greene County. In addition to the commission, there are various local elected officials such as the Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, Treasurer, Assessor, Clerk and Recorder, and Coroner. All of these positions have varying degrees of influence on the direction that Greene County takes politically. With an eye towards improving quality of life in Greene County through economic development initiatives and job creation, it is important that citizens stay informed about their local politics and exercise their right to vote when elections come around.
The political climate in Greene County, MO is moderately conservative.
In Greene County, MO 38.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.8% to 38.7%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greene County, MO is moderately conservative.
Springfield 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.
Greene, 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 Greene County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,954 contributions totaling $1,356,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,618 contributions totaling $2,582,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $714 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)