65613 Bolivar, MO is a rural community located in the southwestern part of Missouri. It has an estimated population of 6,951 people as of 2020. There are no local political candidates at this time in 65613 Bolivar, MO. The current political climate is largely influenced by state and national politics. At the state level, Missouri is represented by senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley who were elected to serve in 2018 and are up for reelection in 2022. Missouri also has 8 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives who serve two-year terms and are also up for election in 2022. Nationally, President Joe Biden was elected in November 2020 and will serve a four-year term until 2024. He faces reelection that same year which could bring about changes locally as well depending on who wins that election.
The political climate in Zip 65613 (Bolivar, MO) is strongly conservative.
Polk County, MO is very conservative. In Polk County, MO 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.1%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65613 (Bolivar, MO) is strongly conservative.
Bolivar, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Missouri is very conservative.
Springfield 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.
Bolivar, 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 65613 (Bolivar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 521 contributions totaling $21,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $42,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)