Editing Gentry County, Missouri (section)

====Political culture====
{{PresHead|place=Gentry County, Missouri|source=<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=March 25, 2018}}</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|2,651|616|25|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,581|613|43|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,304|605|134|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,988|937|74|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|1,964|1,235|93|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,085|1,201|26|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,771|1,271|63|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,361|1,493|437|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,272|1,519|933|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,554|1,872|7|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|2,047|1,600|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|2,005|1,720|144|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|1,772|2,249|14|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|2,984|1,642|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|2,286|2,189|216|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|1,677|3,198|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|2,888|2,439|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|3,020|2,662|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|3,429|2,508|0|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,633|3,410|1|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,970|3,022|8|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|3,446|3,689|19|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,115|4,173|18|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|1,877|3,677|9|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,506|2,735|15|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|3,318|3,555|349|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|3,442|3,374|113|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,823|2,404|81|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|1,268|2,268|645|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|1,882|2,236|88|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|2,060|2,157|174|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|2,185|2,459|165|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,000|2,906|47|Missouri}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|1,607|2,003|638|Missouri}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Democratic|1,623|2,039|205|Missouri}}

At the presidential level, Gentry County is solidly Republican. [[Donald Trump]] carried the county easily in  [[2016 United States presidential election|2016]] and [[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]. [[Bill Clinton]] was the last Democratic presidential nominee to carry Gentry County in [[1996 United States presidential election|1996]], and no Democrat has won majority support from Gentry County voters since [[Michael Dukakis]] in [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]].

Like most rural areas throughout northwest Missouri, voters in Gentry County generally adhere to socially and culturally [[Conservatism|conservative]] principles which tend to influence their Republican leanings. In 2004, Missourians voted on [[Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2004)|a constitutional amendment to define marriage as the union between a man and a woman]]—it overwhelmingly won in Gentry County with 79.9% of the vote. The initiative passed the state with 71% support from voters. In 2006, Missourians voted on [[Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2 (2006)|a constitutional amendment to fund and legalize embryonic stem cell research in the state]]—it failed in Gentry County with 58.3% voting against the measure. The initiative narrowly passed the state with 51% of support from voters as Missouri became one of the first states in the nation to approve [[Embryonic stem cell|embryonic stem cell research]]. Despite Gentry County's longstanding tradition of supporting socially conservative platforms, voters in the county have a penchant for advancing [[Populism|populist]] causes like increasing the [[minimum wage]]. In 2006, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition B) to increase the minimum wage in the state to $6.50 an hour—it passed Gentry County with 63.3% of the vote. The proposition strongly passed every single county in Missouri with 78.99% voting in favor. (During the same election, voters in five other states also strongly approved increases in the minimum wage.) In 2018, Missourians voted on a proposition (Proposition A) concerning [[Right to Work|right to work]], the outcome of which ultimately reversed the right to work legislation passed in the state the previous year. 61.82% of Gentry County voters cast their ballots to overturn the law.