Mountain View, MO, a small town in Texas county, is known for its tight knit community and rural charm. The politics of 65548 Mountain View are generally conservative and driven by local issues that are important to the residents. Local representatives and candidates work to make sure that their constituents’ voices are heard in the political process. Candidates focus on local concerns such as access to healthcare services, economic development, education reform, public safety and infrastructure maintenance. Residents have come together to form a Citizens Advisory Board which meets regularly with elected officials to discuss issues affecting the town. The citizens of Mountain View take pride in their town and their participation in local politics provides an opportunity for them to have a direct influence on matters that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 65548 (Mountain View, MO) is strongly conservative.
Howell County, MO is very conservative. In Howell County, MO 17.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howell county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.2%.
Howell county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65548 (Mountain View, MO) is strongly conservative.
Mountain View, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Howell County, Missouri is very conservative.
West Plains 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.
Mountain View, 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 65548 (Mountain View)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $11,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $4,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $800 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)