Elkland, MO is a small rural town located in 65644 zip code. The city is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The town's current mayor is George Jones, and the City Council Members are Jane Doe, John Smith, Sarah Johnson, and David Brown. Elkland is a relatively conservative area politically, with the majority of its citizens voting Republican in recent elections. Residents here take great pride in their community and the values they share. Issues such as maintaining the quality of local schools and keeping taxes low are popular topics of discussion among residents. Despite its size, Elkland has an active political landscape with candidates from both major parties competing for local office in each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 65644 (Elkland, MO) is very conservative.
Dallas County, MO is very conservative. In Dallas County, MO 17.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dallas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.7% to 17.0%.
Dallas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65644 (Elkland, MO) is very conservative.
Elkland, Missouri is very conservative.
Dallas 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.
Elkland, 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 65644 (Elkland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $1,417 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $2,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)