Buckner, MO is a small city located in the east-central part of the state. Politically, Buckner is a conservative area, with most of its residents voting for Republican candidates during both local and national elections. The city has an elected mayor as well as a board of aldermen who serve as the legislative body. Additionally, Buckner also has representatives on the Jackson County Council and State House of Representatives. These representatives are selected to serve by popular vote and work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. The politics of Buckner often focus on issues such as public safety, economic development, education, and infrastructure improvement. Residents of Buckner can stay up to date on political news through various media outlets and local community networks.
The political climate in Buckner, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, MO is moderately liberal. In Jackson County, MO 59.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.8% to 37.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buckner, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, Missouri is moderately liberal.
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.
Buckner, Missouri: D D D D D D
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 Buckner, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $14,652 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $1,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)