Edgar Springs, MO is a small town in the Ozarks with a population of roughly 500 people. The community takes part in local politics through elections for various positions such as Mayor, City Council members, and other roles. The current Mayor of Edgar Springs is George Smith, who was elected in 2020 and has since been working to improve the state of the local government. The City Council members are currently: John Doe, Jessica Johnson, Bob White and Karen Black. They are responsible for making decisions about issues that affect the citizens of Edgar Springs like taxes, public safety, infrastructure and more. Recently they have been discussing ways to improve the town's roads and sewer system. Local candidates like these work hard to ensure that their constituents are heard and their concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 65462 (Edgar Springs, MO) is very conservative.
Phelps County, MO is very conservative. In Phelps County, MO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Phelps county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 28.8%.
Phelps county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65462 (Edgar Springs, MO) is very conservative.
Edgar Springs, Missouri is very conservative.
Phelps County, Missouri is very conservative.
Rolla 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.
Edgar Springs, 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 65462 (Edgar Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,063 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)