The small city of 65663 Half Way, MO is home to a tight-knit community of residents with diverse backgrounds and varied political views. The local politics center around issues that affect the daily lives of citizens, such as taxes, education, public safety, infrastructure improvements and more. Local representatives are elected based on their understanding of issues in the community and ability to work together for solutions. In recent years, there has been an emphasis on encouraging citizens to become involved in the process by attending council meetings or volunteering for political campaigns. Residents are encouraged to have informed discussions about topics that affect them and be active participants in shaping the future of their city.
The political climate in Zip 65663 (Half Way, MO) is very conservative.
Polk County, MO is very conservative. In Polk County, MO 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.1%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65663 (Half Way, MO) is very conservative.
Half Way, Missouri is very conservative.
Polk 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.
Half Way, 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 65663 (Half Way)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $7,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $612 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)