The small town of Shelbina, MO (zipcode 63468) is a quiet and friendly place in rural Missouri. While it has no major political figures or parties, the local politics are still important to residents of this community. Every election, residents come out to vote for candidates running for local offices such as mayor, council members, school board representatives and other positions. These elected officials make decisions that affect everyday life in Shelbina and its citizens take their civic duties very seriously. Many locals also volunteer in different capacities within the government or through local organizations which helps promote a sense of civic engagement and responsibility throughout Shelbina.
The political climate in Zip 63468 (Shelbina, MO) is very conservative.
Shelby County, MO is very conservative. In Shelby County, MO 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 17.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63468 (Shelbina, MO) is very conservative.
Shelbina, Missouri is very conservative.
Shelby 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.
Shelbina, 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 63468 (Shelbina)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $4,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $4,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $352 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)