Seneca, MO (64865) is a small city located in the heart of Missouri. It is home to about 2,500 residents who take an active role in their local politics. Although there are no local political candidates currently running for office, Seneca is represented by Republican Billy Long in the United States House of Representatives and Republican Josh Hawley in the United States Senate. The citizens of Seneca actively engage in several issues facing their community such as education, public safety, economic development, and healthcare. In recent years, many different grassroots campaigns have taken place with volunteers advocating for causes they are passionate about and pushing for change within their town. Seneca citizens also routinely attend town hall meetings and other events to stay informed on current events and voice opinions on any issue that affects them locally.
The political climate in Zip 64865 (Seneca, MO) is very conservative.
Newton County, MO is very conservative. In Newton County, MO 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Newton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 20.4%.
Newton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64865 (Seneca, MO) is very conservative.
Seneca, Missouri is very conservative.
Newton County, Missouri is very conservative.
Joplin 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.
Seneca, 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 64865 (Seneca)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,704 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)