Editing Crawford County, Missouri (section)

===Federal===
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Crawford County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Roy Blunt'''
  |votes      = '''6,163'''
  |percentage = '''62.69%'''
  |change     = '''+13.79'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jason Kander
  |votes      = 3,144
  |percentage = 31.98%
  |change     = −12.57
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 236
  |percentage = 2.40%
  |change     = −4.15
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Green Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Johnathan McFarland
  |votes      = 130
  |percentage = 1.32%
  |change     = +1.32
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Fred Ryman
  |votes      = 158
  |percentage = 1.61%
  |change     = +1.61
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. Senate — Missouri — Crawford County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Todd Akin
  |votes      = 4,654
  |percentage = 48.90%
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Claire McCaskill'''
  |votes      = '''4,240'''
  |percentage = '''44.55%'''
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Dine
  |votes      = 623
  |percentage = 6.55%
  |change     =
}}
{{Election box end}}

All of Crawford County is included in [[MO-08|Missouri's 8th Congressional District]] and is currently represented by [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jason T. Smith]] of [[Salem, Missouri|Salem]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]. Smith won a special election on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, to complete the remaining term of former [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Jo Ann Emerson]] of [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri|Cape Girardeau]]. Emerson announced her resignation a month after being reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in the district. She resigned to become CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative.
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 8th Congressional District — Crawford County (2016)<ref name=MOSOS/>}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jason T. Smith'''
  |votes      = '''7,589'''
  |percentage = '''78.17%'''
  |change     = '''+2.58'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Dave Cowell
  |votes      = 1,849
  |percentage = 19.04%
  |change     = −0.69
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jonathan Shell
  |votes      = 271
  |percentage = 2.79%
  |change     = +1.22
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 8th Congressional District — Crawford County (2014)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jason T. Smith'''
  |votes      = '''4,294'''
  |percentage = '''75.59%'''
  |change     = '''−7.32'''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Barbara Stocker
  |votes      = 1,121
  |percentage = 19.73%
  |change     = +3.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rick Vandeven
  |votes      = 89
  |percentage = 1.57
  |change     = +1.05
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doug Enyart
  |votes      = 74
  |percentage = 1.30%
  |change     = +0.78
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Independent (politician)
  |candidate  = Terry Hampton
  |votes      = 103
  |percentage = 1.81%
  |change     = +1.81
  }}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 8th Congressional District — Crawford County (Special Election 2013)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jason T. Smith'''
  |votes      = '''1,276'''
  |percentage = '''82.91%'''
  |change     = '''+10.74'''
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Steve Hodges
  |votes      = 244
  |percentage = 15.85%
  |change     = −9.13
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Bill Slantz
  |votes      = 8
  |percentage = 0.52%
  |change     = −2.32
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Constitution Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Doug Enyart
  |votes      = 8
  |percentage = 0.52%
  |change     = +0.52
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate 
  |candidate  = Thomas Brown
  |votes      = 2
  |percentage = 0.13%
  |change     = +0.13
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Write-in candidate 
  |candidate  = Wayne L. Byington
  |votes      = 1
  |percentage = 0.07%
  |change     = +0.07
  }}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin|title=U.S. House of Representatives — Missouri's 8th Congressional District — Crawford County (2012)}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Republican Party (United States)
  |candidate  = '''Jo Ann Emerson'''
  |votes      = '''6,757'''
  |percentage = '''72.17%'''
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Jack Rushin
  |votes      = 2,339
  |percentage = 24.98%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
  |party      = Libertarian Party (United States)
  |candidate  = Rick Vandeven
  |votes      = 266
  |percentage = 2.84%
  |change     =
  }}
{{Election box end}}

====Political culture====
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|8,742|2,007|103|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,725|2,113|135|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|7,724|1,824|372|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,434|2,951|194|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,007|3,911|167|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|5,686|3,632|63|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|4,754|3,350|198|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|2,990|3,349|1,317|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|2,831|3,515|2,039|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|3,856|3,107|24|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|4,716|2,610|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|4,081|2,710|220|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,224|3,565|44|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,595|2,248|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,525|2,123|671|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|2,660|3,444|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,065|2,387|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,594|2,455|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,753|2,453|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|2,650|2,289|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|3,077|2,177|10|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|3,615|2,736|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|3,041|2,879|41|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,213|3,166|46|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|2,926|1,476|26|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|2,336|1,697|156|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|2,634|1,658|66|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|1,642|1,312|67|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|1,045|1,037|404|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|1,752|1,260|74|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|1,535|1,175|134|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|1,470|1,318|42|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|1,447|1,383|12|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|1,269|1,176|46|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|1,255|1,172|11|Missouri}}

Crawford County is like most rural counties, socially conservative and vote in favor of the Republican Party. [[Bill Clinton]] was the last [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee to win Crawford County in 1996. Since then, voters in the county have substantially supported Republicans at the national level.

====2008 Missouri presidential primary====
In the 2008 Missouri Presidential Primary, voters in Crawford County from both political parties supported candidates who finished in second place in the state at large and nationally.

;Republican
Former [[Governor of Arkansas|Governor]] [[Mike Huckabee]] (R-[[Arkansas]]) won Crawford County by just one vote with 32.71 percent of the vote. [[U.S. Senator]] [[John McCain]] (R-[[Arizona]]) finished in second place in Crawford County with 32.66 percent. Former [[Governor of Massachusetts|Governor]] [[Mitt Romney]] (R-[[Massachusetts]]) came in third place, receiving 27.76 percent of the vote while [[Libertarianism|libertarian]]-leaning [[U.S. Representative]] [[Ron Paul]] (R-[[Texas]]) finished fourth with 5.15 percent.

;Democratic
Then-[[U.S. Senator]] [[Hillary Clinton]] (D-[[New York (state)|New York]]) won a decisive victory in Crawford County with 66.36 percent of the vote. Then-[[U.S. Senator]] [[Barack Obama]] (D-[[Illinois]]) received 30.07 percent of the vote from Crawford County Democrats. Although he withdrew from the race, former [[U.S. Senator]] [[John Edwards]] (D-[[North Carolina]]) still received 2.61 percent of the vote in Crawford County.

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