Mountain Grove, MO (65711) is located in the south-central region of Missouri and is a small town of approximately 3,000 people. The town's politics are largely influenced by the Republican Party, with many conservative values being held throughout the community. The mayor of Mountain Grove is currently Bill Horton, who was elected to office in 2014. The city council consists of five members, all of whom are Republicans. The school board is also composed entirely of Republicans, with Superintendent Mike Pritchett presiding over all district activities. Due to its Republican-leaning population, Mountain Grove has been a stronghold for conservative values and has seen a low voter turnout in recent years. Despite this, local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce and the Lions Club remain active within the community and regularly hold events to promote civic engagement and education among its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 65711 (Mountain Grove, MO) is very conservative.
Wright County, MO is very conservative. In Wright County, MO 13.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 13.3%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65711 (Mountain Grove, MO) is very conservative.
Mountain Grove, Missouri is very conservative.
Wright 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.
Mountain Grove, 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 65711 (Mountain Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $5,642 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $16,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)