La Russell, MO is a small town located in southwest Missouri. It has a population of just over 800 residents and covers an area of 4.3 square miles. Politically, La Russell is part of Missouri's 6th district and it is represented by Congressman Billy Long at the federal level. The state Senate is also represented by John Rizzo from the 7th district. At the local level, La Russell does not have any specific political candidates but instead is governed by the county in which it lies, Barton County. The County Council holds regular meetings to discuss issues concerning the local community such as taxation and public safety. Residents of La Russell are encouraged to attend these meetings and voice their opinions on matters that affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Zip 64848 (La Russell, MO) is very conservative.
Lawrence County, MO is very conservative. In Lawrence County, MO 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 17.9%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64848 (La Russell, MO) is very conservative.
La Russell, Missouri is very conservative.
Lawrence 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.
La Russell, 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 64848 (La Russell)
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)