The Sedalia, MO Metro Area is home to a vibrant and diverse political landscape. The area is part of the state of Missouri’s 8th Congressional District, which is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Jason Smith. Locally, the city has its own mayor and city council, who are elected every four years by the citizens of Sedalia. The current mayor of Sedalia is Heather Roberts, who was elected in 2017. The City Council consists of seven members who each represent different wards or districts within the city. The Council meets regularly to discuss and vote on issues related to local government policy and governance. Additionally, the area also has representation at both the state level and county level, where it sends representatives to both chambers of Missouri’s legislature and from Pettis County respectively. Overall, politics in the Sedalia Metro Area reflect a range of beliefs and opinions across party lines that allow for meaningful discourse among citizens over important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Sedalia Metro Area is very conservative.
In Sedalia Metro Area 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, the Sedalia metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.0%.
The Sedalia metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Sedalia, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Sedalia Metro Area
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)