Parkville, MO is a small town located just outside Kansas City in northwest Missouri. The town is full of friendly people and has a wide variety of local businesses that are supported by the local population. As a relatively small town Parkville, MO does not have much in terms of local politics. However, there are some members of the community who have taken up local political roles. One example of this is Mayor Robert O'Brian who was elected to his current post in 2013 and has been re-elected consecutively for the past seven years. He stresses the importance of education and works with both city council members and other area leaders to ensure that the residents of Parkville have the resources they need to succeed in life. In addition to Mayor O'Brian, there are various other local politicians and leaders who serve on various boards within Parkville's government system and advocate for their constituents' interests.
The political climate in Parkville, MO is leaning conservative.
Platte County, MO is leaning conservative. In Platte County, MO 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parkville, MO is leaning conservative.
Platte 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.
Parkville, 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 Parkville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,354 contributions totaling $1,313,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,809 contributions totaling $604,144 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)