The small city of Branson, MO, located in Taney County, is home to around 11,000 people. It has a vibrant culture and a diverse economy that includes tourism, entertainment venues, retail shops and restaurants. The city is served by the Branson Board of Alderman with members elected from each of the four wards in the City limits. These representatives are responsible for making decisions regarding the budget for city services and policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all residents. The Branson Mayor serves as an executive leader working with the board on policy direction and initiatives to improve upon quality of life for residents. Overall, politics in 65616 Branson, MO work to create a better community through democratic governance and targeted strategies to address local needs.
The political climate in Zip 65616 (Branson, MO) is strongly conservative.
Taney County, MO is very conservative. In Taney County, MO 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taney county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.3%.
Taney county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65616 (Branson, MO) is strongly conservative.
Branson, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Taney County, Missouri is very conservative.
Branson 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.
Branson, 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 zip 65616 (Branson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $15,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 473 contributions totaling $1,509,399 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)