The city of Lebanon, MO is located in Laclede County and has a population of about 14,000 people. It is an important commercial hub for the region and houses many local businesses. It also serves as the county seat, making it a hub for local politics. The current mayor of Lebanon is Robert J. Scholz who was elected to office in 2018. Along with their Mayor, there are other local political candidates that have been running for office including: Amanda Jett-Kolkmeyer, Jeremy Tupper, and John Meeks. These candidates all strive to make positive changes in the community and ensure that everyone has access to the resources they need. Lebanon's city council works to create a cohesive plan to help the city move forward and improve its services for its citizens. The city also participates in many projects such as infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and quality of life enhancements.
The political climate in Zip 65536 (Lebanon, MO) is strongly conservative.
Laclede County, MO is very conservative. In Laclede County, MO 16.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laclede county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.5%.
Laclede county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65536 (Lebanon, MO) is strongly conservative.
Lebanon, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Laclede County, Missouri is very conservative.
Lebanon 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.
Lebanon, 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 65536 (Lebanon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $18,226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $212,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)