Piedmont, Missouri is a small city with an estimated population of just over 1,200 people. Despite its size, Piedmont has a vibrant political atmosphere and actively participates in the politics of the surrounding area. Local elections typically include candidates representing both major parties as well as independent candidates. Issues such as tax rates, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and social services are all topics that have been discussed by local residents over the past few years. Many of these issues have been voted on by citizens at town hall meetings or discussed during community forums. With an active citizenry involved in political discourse, Piedmont remains an important part of the political landscape in the state of Missouri.
The political climate in Piedmont, MO is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, MO is very conservative. In Wayne County, MO 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.8% to 14.4%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piedmont, MO is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Missouri 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.
Piedmont, 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 Piedmont, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $4,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $5,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)