The small town of Lamar, MO (zip code 64759) has a close-knit and involved community. Despite its size, residents take an active interest in local politics. Each year, locals come together to vote for their County Commissioner and Mayor. Additionally, citizens are encouraged to be actively involved in local decision making processes. From developing community initiatives to attending City Council meetings, citizens of Lamar have too many opportunities to make their voices heard and help shape the future of their town.
The political climate in Zip 64759 (Lamar, MO) is very conservative.
Barton County, MO is very conservative. In Barton County, MO 13.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.0% to 13.9%.
Barton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64759 (Lamar, MO) is very conservative.
Lamar, Missouri is very conservative.
Barton 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.
Lamar, 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 64759 (Lamar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,298 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)