Located in Miller County, Lake Ozark is an unincorporated community located in the heart of the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks region. The politics in Lake Ozark are primarily driven by local elections, with voters selecting representatives from all levels of government to represent their interests. Currently, several mayors serve as representatives for the city, and they are elected every two years. Additionally, there are four council members representing each ward of the city, and they are elected at-large. In recent years, debates have focused on topics such as economic development and environmental protection. While there is no way to directly measure political involvement in 65049 Lake Ozark, MO it is clear that this vibrant community takes its politics seriously; they frequently vote on critical issues that shape their future.
The political climate in Zip 65049 (Lake Ozark, MO) is strongly conservative.
Camden County, MO is very conservative. In Camden County, MO 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.8%.
Camden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65049 (Lake Ozark, MO) is strongly conservative.
Lake Ozark, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Camden 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.
Lake Ozark, 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 65049 (Lake Ozark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $32,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 401 contributions totaling $70,069 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)