The small town of Sweet Springs, MO is located in the 65351 zip code and is a rural community with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local politics of Sweet Springs can be described as tight-knit and neighborly. Local elections take place every few years and are decided by a majority vote from the citizens of the town. Candidates for office tend to be individuals who have grown up in or around Sweet Springs and are familiar with the values that the people of the town hold dear. Issues that tend to come up during election cycles include public safety, education, environmental protection, infrastructure improvements, and economic development initiatives. The citizens of Sweet Springs take pride in their community and strive to make it a better place for current residents and future generations.
The political climate in Zip 65351 (Sweet Springs, MO) is very conservative.
Saline County, MO is very conservative. In Saline County, MO 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Saline county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.5%.
Saline county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65351 (Sweet Springs, MO) is very conservative.
Sweet Springs, Missouri is very conservative.
Saline County, Missouri is very conservative.
Marshall 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.
Sweet Springs, Missouri: d 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 65351 (Sweet Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)