Pettis County is located in the heart of Missouri and is home to a diverse population. It is governed by a five-member county commission, with each commissioner representing one of the five districts in the county. Each year, local elections are held for the commissioners as well as other elected positions such as sheriff, treasurer, public administrator and coroner. All citizens registered to vote in Pettis County are eligible to participate in these elections and can do so by casting their votes at designated polling locations or through absentee ballots. The county also has its own political parties which allow candidates to run under a specific party’s banner during an election cycle and give voters additional information to decide who best represents them on issues affecting Pettis County.
The political climate in Pettis County, MO is very conservative.
In Pettis County, MO 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pettis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.0%.
Pettis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pettis County, MO is very conservative.
Sedalia 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.
Pettis, 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 Pettis County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 562 contributions totaling $83,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 323 contributions totaling $90,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)