The town of Sunrise Beach, MO (zip code 65079) is a small, tranquil community located on the banks of the Lake of the Ozarks. Despite its small size, Sunrise Beach has a vibrant and active political scene that often brings issues to public debate. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and four Council Members who are responsible for passing ordinances and providing services to the residents. There are also several other appointed boards and commissions that provide advice and make recommendations to the city council. Most recently, the town held an election in April 2021 for two open City Council seats, which were won by incumbents Richard Jones and John Smith. In addition to local elections, Sunrise Beach residents take part in county-level elections as well as state-wide races every few years during national elections. All in all, politics in Sunrise Beach is alive and well!
The political climate in Zip 65079 (Sunrise Beach, MO) is very conservative.
Camden County, MO is very conservative. In Camden County, MO 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 22.8%.
Camden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65079 (Sunrise Beach, MO) is very conservative.
Sunrise Beach, Missouri is very conservative.
Camden 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.
Sunrise Beach, 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 65079 (Sunrise Beach)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $9,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $20,635 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)