Maries County, Missouri is a rural county located in the central part of the state with a population of around 9,000 people. It has a long and proud history of local political engagement with the two major parties active in the area. Residents have chosen to elect officials from both the Democratic and Republican parties over the years, as well as having elected some independent candidates in recent elections. The county government is also very active with various committees and boards that help shape policy decisions in the county. Maries County prides itself on its strong commitment to grassroots politics, with town hall meetings and other forms of public engagement being regular events throughout election season. There is no shortage of passion for politics here and voting turnout regularly exceeds state averages, showing that citizens take their civic duty seriously!
The political climate in Maries County, MO is very conservative.
In Maries County, MO 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Maries county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 17.1%.
Maries county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maries 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.
Maries, 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 Maries County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $5,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)