Montgomery County, Missouri is situated in central Missouri and has an active local political landscape. The county is governed by the Montgomery County Commission, which consists of five members elected at large. The commission meets monthly to discuss matters relating to the county budget, taxation, zoning ordinances, and other issues that affect the county’s constituents. In addition to the Commission, many other elected officials represent the citizens of Montgomery County. This includes an elected Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Assessor and Prosecuting Attorney who are all responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the county. Local elections are held every two years to elect these officials as well as justices of the peace who preside over small claims courts within their respective districts. Residents of Montgomery County have a strong voice in their local government through these elected representatives.
The political climate in Montgomery County, MO is very conservative.
In Montgomery County, MO 20.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 20.9%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery 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.
Montgomery, 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 Montgomery County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $8,493 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $18,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)