Forest City, MO is a small rural town located in the Midwestern United States. It has a population of around 3,500 people and is known for its picturesque rolling hills and lush countryside. The local political scene in Forest City is fairly straightforward; there are no candidates running for any major offices in the area. However, the town does actively participate in state and national elections by voting for their representative of choice. They also keep up with current events by attending town hall meetings and participating in public forums. Locals take an active interest in politics, as it affects their everyday lives, whether it be through taxes or other policies that may have an impact on their community. Overall, Forest City takes part in politics at both the local and national level to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to decision making time.
The political climate in Zip 64451 (Forest City, MO) is very conservative.
Holt County, MO is very conservative. In Holt County, MO 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.4%.
Holt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64451 (Forest City, MO) is very conservative.
Forest City, Missouri is very conservative.
Holt 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.
Forest City, 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 64451 (Forest City)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)