The small town of Pleasant Valley, MO is a tranquil and peaceful place to live. Politically, the town leans conservative and typically votes along party lines. The local government in Pleasant Valley is very hands-on with its citizens and has a strong focus on the community. There are several city council meetings throughout the year for residents to discuss various topics related to their hometown. Local elections are held every two years, and there are always plenty of candidates running for office. Most campaigns focus on improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, and providing more amenities to benefit the citizens of Pleasant Valley.
The political climate in Pleasant Valley, 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
Pleasant Valley, 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.
Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,173 contributions totaling $338,263 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $149,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)