The small town of Hughesville, MO with a population of 65334 is a typical rural community, with the usual political divisions that come with it. While there are no local political candidates in the area, the citizens of Hughesville are still politically active and engaged in local and national politics. Generally, the town leans more towards conservative policies and values, such as pro-business and traditional family values. However, there are a few who embrace more progressive views as well. The people of Hughesville take their politics seriously and prioritize their beliefs when it comes to voting for elected officials, whether it's on the state or federal level.
The political climate in Zip 65334 (Hughesville, MO) is very conservative.
Pettis County, MO is very conservative. In Pettis County, MO 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pettis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 25.0%.
Pettis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65334 (Hughesville, MO) is very conservative.
Hughesville, Missouri is very conservative.
Pettis County, Missouri is very conservative.
Sedalia 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.
Hughesville, 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 65334 (Hughesville)
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)