Iron, MO County is a small rural community located in west-central Missouri. It has a strong agricultural presence and a rich history rooted in the Civil War. The county seat is Ironville, where the local government offices are located. Politically speaking, Iron, MO County operates under a three-member Board of Supervisors. These supervisors are elected to office by popular vote and serve three year terms. In addition to the Board of Supervisors, Iron County also elects representatives to both the statehouse and state senate. Currently, these representatives include Senator Joseph Davis and Representative Ed Moore for the state senate and Representative Mike Sims for the state house. All three politicians run on conservative platforms focusing on traditional values, economic development, and fiscal responsibility. Additionally, Iron County residents actively participate in local elections through their support of various candidates running for positions such as Sheriff and county Clerk/Recorder among others. As a whole, Iron County is invested in its political process making sure their voice is heard at both local and national levels of government.
The political climate in Iron County, MO is very conservative.
In Iron County, MO 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iron county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.6%.
Iron county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iron 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.
Iron, Missouri: r r d 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 Iron County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $4,181 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $9,634 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)