The small rural town of Linn, MO has a population of approximately 1,500 and is located in Osage County. The town has a mayor-council government with the Mayor serving as chief executive and the Board of Alderman as the legislative body. Linn also has a City Clerk who maintains records for the city as well as other administrative duties. In terms of local politics, there are several candidates vying for the mayor’s seat in the upcoming election race, including incumbents looking to stay in office and newcomers hoping to make their mark on the community. Residents will have an opportunity to hear from all of these candidates during debates and public forums leading up to election day. Additionally, residents will have an opportunity to voice their own opinions on how to run things within their city through town halls and questionnaires. With so many dedicated people wanting to make a difference in Linn’s political landscape, whichever candidate is elected mayor can expect a great deal of enthusiasm from its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 65051 (Linn, MO) is very conservative.
Osage County, MO is very conservative. In Osage County, MO 13.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 13.7%.
Osage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65051 (Linn, MO) is very conservative.
Linn, Missouri is very conservative.
Osage County, Missouri is very conservative.
Jefferson City 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.
Linn, 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 65051 (Linn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)