The city of Monett, MO (65708) is located in southwest Missouri and has a rich political landscape. The governing body of the city is the Mayor-Council system which consists of the Mayor elected at large and a Council of six members elected by ward. The Mayor serves as the chief administrative officer and the Council is responsible for enacting laws and ordinances to improve the quality of life for residents. Local elections occur every two years with voters having the opportunity to choose representatives from their ward. Popular issues that have been debated in recent years include economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. Residents are encouraged to stay informed on political candidates in order to make educated decisions when voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 65708 (Monett, MO) is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MO is very conservative. In Barry County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65708 (Monett, MO) is strongly conservative.
Monett, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Barry County, Missouri 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.
Monett, 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 65708 (Monett)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $5,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $75,678 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $377 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)