65631 Clever, MO is located in Christian County, Missouri and is a fairly small town with around 11,000 people. The county itself has a population of around 74,000 people. Despite its size, 65631 Clever, MO has an active political atmosphere that affects the day-to-day lives of all of its citizens. On the local level, residents of 65631 Clever, MO are represented by various elected officials who serve on various boards within the county. These local politicians work to make sure the needs of their constituents are met and that all voices are heard. Furthermore, each election season brings out eager candidates hoping to represent 65631 Clever, MO in the state legislature or other higher office. On the national level, 65631 Clever is part of Missouri’s 7th Congressional District which is currently represented by Billy Long who has been representing this district since 2011. Therefore overall there is an active and engaged political culture in 65631 Clever which provides citizens with numerous opportunities to become involved in politics both locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 65631 (Clever, MO) is very conservative.
Christian County, MO is very conservative. In Christian County, MO 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65631 (Clever, MO) is very conservative.
Clever, Missouri is very conservative.
Christian 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.
Clever, 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 65631 (Clever)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)