The politics in Plattsburg, MO are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The city is represented in Congress by Republican Representative Sam Graves and Senator Roy Blunt. At the state level, Plattsburg is represented by Republican representatives, including Representative Justin Alferman. Locally, the city council is composed of a variety of individuals from different political backgrounds, including Republicans and Democrats. In recent years, local elections have been largely contested between Republicans and Democrats. The current mayor of Plattsburg is Dan Maguire, who was re-elected to the position in 2019 with strong support from both parties. Despite this divide, Plattsburg residents often come together to make decisions on matters that are important to the community as a whole.
The political climate in Plattsburg, MO is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, MO is very conservative. In Clinton County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plattsburg, MO is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kansas City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
Missouri is somewhat conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Plattsburg, Missouri: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Plattsburg, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $6,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)