Sparta, Missouri, located in Christian County, is a small rural community with an estimated population of around 2,000 people. The town has limited amenities which include several local businesses and churches. Politically, Sparta operates under the same rules as the rest of Missouri and is represented by Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley in the United States Senate. Locally, Sparta currently has a mayor-council form of government and elects its mayor and four council members to two year terms. Issues like economic development, education, infrastructure maintenance, public safety and healthcare are among those that local politicians take into consideration when making decisions on behalf of the town. With a focus on improving quality of life in Sparta for all its residents, local political candidates strive to do their best for those they serve.
The political climate in Zip 65753 (Sparta, MO) is very conservative.
Christian County, MO is very conservative. In Christian County, MO 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Christian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 23.7%.
Christian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65753 (Sparta, MO) is very conservative.
Sparta, Missouri is very conservative.
Christian County, Missouri is very conservative.
Springfield 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.
Sparta, 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 65753 (Sparta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,049 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)