Barnhart, MO is a small rural town located in Jefferson County. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected for a two-year term. The current mayor of Barnhart is John Smith, who has been in office since 2019. The five council members are elected for four-year terms and serve as the governing body of the town. They are responsible for setting ordinances, taxes, and providing local services such as police and public works. Additionally, Barnhart residents have the opportunity to vote on important issues that affect the community such as school funding or changes to local zoning laws. Barnhart residents take their political responsibilities seriously and have a strong sense of civic duty to make sure their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Barnhart, MO is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, MO is very conservative. In Jefferson County, MO 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.1%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barnhart, MO is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Missouri is very conservative.
St. Louis Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Barnhart, Missouri: d r d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Barnhart, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $6,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $9,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)