Politics in Weatherby Lake, MO is an important part of the local culture. Every two years, residents come together to select their representatives for local offices, such as mayor and city council members. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2017 and is up for re-election this year. He has been a popular leader and many residents are looking forward to his next term. City council members are also up for election this year and there are several candidates running in each district. Residents can find out more about the candidates through information available at city hall or online. With voter turnout increasing every election cycle, Weatherby Lake citizens continue to be involved in the political process and strive to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Weatherby Lake, MO is somewhat 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
Weatherby Lake, MO is somewhat 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.
Weatherby Lake, 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 Weatherby Lake, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,116 contributions totaling $663,108 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 828 contributions totaling $285,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)