Sheldon, MO is a small town in 64784 with a population of just under 5,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and a city council that are chosen from the local population. The city council is responsible for making laws and ordinances for the betterment of the community. In addition to the local government, Sheldon is also represented politically at the state level by its elected state representatives in Jefferson City as well as its members of Congress in Washington D.C. As such, Sheldon residents are able to have their voices heard on both local and national issues that affect them. Each election cycle, locals come out to vote for their preferred candidates in order to ensure they make their opinions known on important matters affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 64784 (Sheldon, MO) is very conservative.
Vernon County, MO is very conservative. In Vernon County, MO 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.7%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64784 (Sheldon, MO) is very conservative.
Sheldon, Missouri is very conservative.
Vernon 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.
Sheldon, 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 64784 (Sheldon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $564 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)