Kimberling City, MO is a small city located in Stone County. It has a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and four council members elected at-large for two-year terms. Recent elections have seen a push for change, as local residents have become increasingly vocal about their opinions on the direction of the city. Candidates from diverse backgrounds have been running for office and making their views known on issues such as housing affordability, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. The people of Kimberling City are passionate about their community and want to ensure that it remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 65686 (Kimberling City, MO) is strongly conservative.
Stone County, MO is very conservative. In Stone County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.9% to 18.9%.
Stone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65686 (Kimberling City, MO) is strongly conservative.
Kimberling City, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Stone County, Missouri is very conservative.
Branson 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.
Kimberling 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 65686 (Kimberling City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $8,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $42,254 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)