Mount Vernon, MO 65712 is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Missouri. It is a rural town with a population of about 3,000 people and is known for its agricultural industry. Despite its small size, politics still plays an important role in the lives of Mount Vernon residents. The mayor of the city is Joe Solon, who was elected to the position in 2014. Additionally, there are three City Council members: Jeffery McDaniel, Josh Crain, and Bill Rader. They are responsible for overseeing local government functions such as public safety, infrastructure development and budgeting. Local elections are held every two years for both the Mayor and City Council members, so it is important that Mount Vernon residents stay informed on current political issues in order to participate in elections and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 65712 (Mount Vernon, 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 65712 (Mount Vernon, MO) is very conservative.
Mount Vernon, 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 65712 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $2,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $12,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)