Bliss is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Bliss typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bliss, ~11% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bliss compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bliss leans more Republican than 55 of 66 neighbors.
Bliss runs about 48 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Bliss leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Bliss, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Bliss hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the Missouri average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Bliss sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 79% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Bliss are family households, above 78% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Bliss, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Bliss looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 80% of adults in Bliss have completed high school, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Bliss sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Bliss have more than one occupant per room, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Blackwell, MO R+66
- Cadet, MO R+64
- Happy Hollow, MO R+65
- Fertile, MO R+67
- Frumet, MO R+61
- Shibboleth, MO R+67
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.