Pilot Grove, Missouri is a small town with a population of just over 1,000 residents. Despite its size, politics plays an important role in the daily lives of the citizens of Pilot Grove. Local elections are held every two years to determine the mayor and city council members who will be responsible for making decisions on behalf of the community. In these elections, Pilot Grove residents can cast their votes to elect representatives that they trust to make sound decisions on their behalf. Furthermore, local political candidates also have the opportunity to make their voices heard by engaging with local voters and informing them of their policies and stances on issues relevant to the town. The input of Pilot Grove's citizens is essential in order to ensure that informed and fair decisions are made for the betterment of all in the community.
The political climate in Pilot Grove, MO is strongly conservative.
Cooper County, MO is very conservative. In Cooper County, MO 25.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cooper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 25.9%.
Cooper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pilot Grove, MO is strongly conservative.
Cooper 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.
Pilot Grove, 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 Pilot Grove, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)