The city of Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri (65473) is an important military installation for the United States Army and has a long and proud history. It has been home to many generations of soldiers and their families. In terms of politics, the city is part of Pulaski County, which is represented in the Missouri House of Representatives by Representative Jered Taylor (R). The county is also represented at the federal level by U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R) and U.S. Representative Jason Smith (R). As with most government positions in Missouri, candidates are elected to various offices on a partisan basis. As such, elections for offices such as mayor, city council members, and other local offices are typically dominated by Republicans in this region. Despite the overwhelming Republican presence in Fort Leonard Wood politics, there are still Democrats who have held office in municipal positions throughout the area's history.
The political climate in Zip 65473 (Fort Leonard Wood, MO) is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, MO is very conservative. In Pulaski County, MO 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 25.9%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65473 (Fort Leonard Wood, MO) is moderately conservative.
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, Missouri is very conservative.
Fort Leonard Wood 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.
Fort Leonard Wood, 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 65473 (Fort Leonard Wood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $8,577 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)