Shell Knob, Missouri is a small town located in the Ozarks of southwest Missouri. The population of Shell Knob is estimated at 1,651 people, making it the perfect place for a peaceful and serene lifestyle. The town is home to many local businesses as well as plenty of outdoor activities including swimming, fishing, biking trails and more. Politically, Shell Knob has traditionally been a conservative area with most residents voting for Republican candidates at both the local and national level. However, there are no local political candidates for the residents to choose from due to Shell Knob's small size. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean that politics don't matter in Shell Knob. Residents here take part in national debates and discussions on important issues such as healthcare reform and education funding which can also have a big impact on their community, even if they don't get to vote locally.
The political climate in Zip 65747 (Shell Knob, MO) is strongly conservative.
Barry County, MO is very conservative. In Barry County, MO 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.9%.
Barry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65747 (Shell Knob, MO) is strongly conservative.
Shell Knob, Missouri is strongly conservative.
Barry 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.
Shell Knob, 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 65747 (Shell Knob)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $5,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $25,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $618 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)