Maryville, Missouri is a small city located in Nodaway County. The city has a long history of political engagement and involvement from its citizens. Maryville's City Council is the highest level of local government and is composed of seven members who are each elected at-large by the city’s residents. During municipal elections, Maryville's voters choose their representatives for offices such as mayor, treasurer, council member, police chief, and more. Each term lasts for four years. The City Council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss matters relating to the local area including budgets, ordinances, contracts, and zoning regulations. Additionally, the Council works with local organizations such as schools, churches and businesses to further develop the community and foster a vibrant culture. Residents take part in various activities such as candidate debates and forums which allows them to express their thoughts on current issues facing their town. All in all, politics play an important role in Maryville’s civic life and help shape its future development.
The political climate in Maryville, MO is somewhat conservative.
Nodaway County, MO is very conservative. In Nodaway County, MO 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nodaway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.8%.
Nodaway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maryville, MO is somewhat conservative.
Nodaway County, Missouri is very conservative.
Maryville Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Maryville, 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 Maryville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 575 contributions totaling $43,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $17,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)