Neosho, MO is a small city located in Newton County with a population of just over 11,000 people. It has the distinction of being the hometown of President Harry S. Truman who was born here in 1884. Politics in Neosho are generally conservative and the city is run by an elected mayor and council members who make decisions on behalf of the community. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for setting policies, enacting laws, and managing the budget. At present, Neosho is represented in Congress by Republican Billy Long who has held office since 2011. Locally, there are several candidates running for City Council positions this year including Tim Grant, Jeffery Stacks, Joanne Wright, Bradley Fosdick Jr., Kristen VanGilder, Christopher Castillo and Robert Tate Funke III. All seven candidates have been actively campaigning to be elected to serve their local community with their respective goals and visions for Neosho’s future.
The political climate in Zip 64850 (Neosho, MO) is very conservative.
Newton County, MO is very conservative. In Newton County, MO 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 20.4%.
Newton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64850 (Neosho, MO) is very conservative.
Neosho, Missouri is very conservative.
Newton County, Missouri is very conservative.
Joplin 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.
Neosho, 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 64850 (Neosho)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 304 contributions totaling $40,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 318 contributions totaling $191,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $602 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)