The politics in 65274 New Franklin, MO are largely influenced by the city's small population. As of 2019, the population was estimated to be a little more than 1,000 people. This means that local political candidates do not have as much influence in the area because there are fewer people to vote for them. However, the voters in New Franklin are very active and take their political responsibilities seriously. The city has several smaller townships within its municipal boundaries and each one has its own mayor and council members who work together to make sure that their respective communities receive the necessary resources and attention they need.
The political climate in Zip 65274 (New Franklin, MO) is very conservative.
Howard County, MO is very conservative. In Howard County, MO 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Howard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 27.7%.
Howard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65274 (New Franklin, MO) is very conservative.
New Franklin, Missouri is very conservative.
Howard 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.
New Franklin, 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 65274 (New Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)