Patton Junction is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Patton Junction typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Patton Junction, ~10% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Patton Junction compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Patton Junction leans more Republican than 57 of 67 neighbors.
Patton Junction runs about 54 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Patton Junction 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 Patton Junction, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Patton Junction, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Missouri average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Patton Junction sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Patton Junction are family households, above 94% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Patton Junction, 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 Patton Junction looks the way it does
High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Patton Junction have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Patton, MO R+71
- North Patton, MO R+72
- Sedgewickville, MO R+72
- Yount, MO R+70
- Hurricane, MO R+70
- Daisy, MO R+75
- Cornwall, MO R+71
- Higdon, MO R+70
- Grisham, MO R+72
- Biehle, MO R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Campbell, AL R+68
- Zook, KS R+59
- Camelot, TN R+71
- Claysville, IN R+64
- Gowdy, IN R+62
- Raft River, ID R+74
- Quiggleville, PA R+61
- Pungoteague, VA R+17
- Fort Clark, ND R+65
- Strawberry, CA R+4
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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.