Osage Bluff is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 88% of adults in Osage Bluff typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Osage Bluff, ~14% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~12% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Osage Bluff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Osage Bluff leans more Republican than 32 of 59 neighbors.
Osage Bluff runs about 50 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Osage Bluff 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 Osage Bluff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Osage Bluff are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Osage Bluff, MO sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Osage Bluff looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Osage Bluff is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 69%, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Osage Bluff have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- St. Thomas, MO R+71
- Osage Bend, MO R+70
- Wardsville, MO R+65
- Henley, MO R+71
- Hickory Hill, MO R+70
- Scrivner, MO R+66
- Folk, MO R+75
- Taos, MO R+61
- Jefferson City, MO R+23
- Meta, MO R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Perrys Corner, ME R+29
- Altus Afb, OK R+76
- Orogrande, NM R+44
- Ramsey, PA R+56
- Joynes, NC R+71
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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.