Missouri's 7th congressional district
County John McCain Barack Obama Difference
Newton 69.42 29.32 R + 40.10
McDonald 67.60 30.17 R + 37.43
Stone 68.02 30.69 R + 37.33
Taney 68.02 30.85 R + 37.17
Lawrence 67.70 30.64 R + 37.06
Christian 67.33 31.52 R + 35.81
Barry 66.63 31.62 R + 35.01
Jasper 65.67 32.62 R + 33.05
Polk 65.39 33.24 R + 32.15
Greene 57.06 41.26 R + 15.08
Election results -- Presidential
2008 The table below shows how individual counties in MO-07 voted in the 2008 presidential election . U.S . Senator John McCain ( R-Arizona ) swept the district with 63.07 percent of the vote while U.S . Senator Barack Obama ( D-Illinois ) received 35.39 percent , a 27.68-percent margin of victory for the GOP . McCain received less than 60 percent in only Greene County , where Obama may have been helped by the college subplot presence of Missouri State University .
Missouri's 7th congressional district consists of Southwest Missouri. The district includes Springfield, the home of Missouri State University, and the popular tourist destination city of Branson. Located along the borders of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Northwest Arkansas, the district occupies part of the Bible Belt with a strong socially conservative trend. George W. Bush defeated John Kerry here 67% to 32% in the 2004 election. Republican John McCain defeated Democrat Barack Obama 63.1% to 35.3% in the 2008 election. Republican and Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama 67.6% to 30.3% in the 2012 election. In the 2016 election, Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton 70.4% to 24.7%. As of 2017, this district is the second most strongly Republican district in Missouri and is one of the most strongly Republican Districts in the United States. The district is currently represented by Republican Billy Long of Springfield. He survived primary challenges on August 7, 2018. He defeated Democrat Jamie Schoolcraft, physician's assistant and former mayor of Willard in the final election in November.