2020 Missouri General Election Story (Governor)

A head to head comparison of the Missouri 2020 General Election gives us an idea of the break down of the voters.

Mike Parson received 1.7M (58.4 %) votes, beating Nicole Galloway who gained 1.2M (41.6 %) by 494.4k votes in Missouri.

Nicole Galloway won 4 counties out of the 115 counties that make up Missouri. The record shows that Mike Parson won 111 counties.

During the 2020 general elections, over 3M total number of votes were cast. Mike Parson got 1,720,202 (2M) over Nicole Galloway 1,225,771 (1M). He won the popular vote by 1,720,202 (2M). His victory in the State of Missouri (with 1,720,202 votes) represents 50.0% of his popular vote victory.

Top 15 Counties in General Elections

These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in the largest counties (St. Louis County, Jackson and St. Charles), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Counties Comparison in General Elections

St. Louis County, Jackson and St. Louis City, three of the larger counties voted in favor of Nicole Galloway, giving him a 154k vote advantage.