West Plains, MO · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Howell County, Missouri. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in West Plains, MO, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in West Plains, MO
Year
Total registered
2016
27,061
2018
26,452
2020
27,475
2022
26,783
2024
27,192
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+13 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +1,190 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in West Plains, MO in West Plains, MO: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−43
2012
−90
2013
−269
2014
−150
2015
+5
2016
+41
2017
−45
2018
+23
2019
−11
2021
+380
2022
+799
2023
+289
2024
+248
2025
+13
West Plains anchors the south-central Missouri Ozarks as a regional service center, drawing voters from timber, farming, and medical communities whose preferences have trended heavily toward statewide Republican candidates in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 66.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 66.7 points.
A population of 40,383, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,993 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Poplar Bluff, MO and Lebanon, MO.
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In 2024, West Plains, MO, Missouri voted Republican by 66.7 points (R+66.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,968 votes cast, 3,073 went Democratic and 15,733 went Republican.
When did West Plains, MO, Missouri last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which West Plains, MO, Missouri voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in West Plains, MO, Missouri?
West Plains, MO, Missouri has a population of 40,383 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Plains, MO, Missouri?
Median household income in West Plains, MO, Missouri is $50,993 — below the national median of $80,734. The Missouri state median is $70,702.
What is the political history of West Plains, MO, Missouri?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in West Plains, MO, Missouri from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 7 went Democratic and 27 went Republican.
