Oaks, MO is a small town located in the heart of Missouri with a population of approximately 3,000 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political scene that involves many different local political candidates. The current mayor is Mr. John Smith and he is running for reelection this year. He has been in office for six years and has overseen several important initiatives to improve the infrastructure and public services in Oaks. There are also several other local politicians vying for office in Oaks, including Ms. Jane Doe who is running for city council and Mr. Joe Brown who is running for county commissioner. The town of Oaks takes pride in their active participation in local politics and strive to ensure all citizens have a voice at the table when it comes to deciding what’s best for the community.
The political climate in Oaks, MO is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MO is leaning conservative. In Clay County, MO 46.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained Republican, 51.0% to 46.9%.
Clay county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oaks, MO is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Missouri is leaning 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.
Oaks, Missouri: d 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 Oaks, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,598 contributions totaling $78,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 540 contributions totaling $56,979 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)