Tarkio, Missouri is a small town with plenty of local politics. While the population of the town is not known, there are numerous local political candidates that are vying for public office in Tarkio. These candidates come from a variety of backgrounds and strive to represent the diverse population of Tarkio. The town's officials are committed to serving the citizens of their community, listening to their needs and desires and working together to make positive changes in policy. There is a great sense of civic pride in Tarkio as it continues to grow and develop, and the local politicians are dedicated to ensuring that progress continues in this community.
The political climate in Tarkio, MO is strongly conservative.
Atchison County, MO is very conservative. In Atchison County, MO 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.0%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tarkio, MO is strongly conservative.
Atchison 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.
Tarkio, 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 Tarkio, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $75 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)