Politics in 63531 Baring, MO are largely shaped by the local government of Scotland County. The county is divided into two districts, each represented by a member of the Scotland County Commission. These two members serve as the legislative body for the county and manage its policies, budgets, and departments. In addition to these two representatives, there is an elected Sheriff who serves as the chief law enforcement officer of Scotland County.
The citizens of 63531 Baring have a great deal of involvement in their local politics due to their small population size. Residents often attend public meetings to voice their opinions on important issues facing the community or to discuss potential solutions for local problems. As such, it is important that inhabitants are well informed about current events and upcoming elections so that they can make informed decisions when casting their vote.
The political climate in Zip 63531 (Baring, MO) is very conservative.
Knox County, MO is very conservative. In Knox County, MO 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.1% to 18.3%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63531 (Baring, MO) is very conservative.
Baring, Missouri is very conservative.
Knox 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.
Baring, 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 63531 (Baring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)