York, MO is a small but growing town located in northwest Missouri, with a population estimated to be just over 2,000 people. In terms of local politics, the town of York is served by three city council members and a mayor who are elected every two years. The current mayor is Jordan Boillot, who was elected in 2020. The city council consists of Jason Davis, Raymond English, and James Miller. Each member serves for two-year terms and all three are up for reelection this year. The city government works hard to keep taxes low and services high for their residents and strives to keep the area safe through various initiatives such as neighborhood watch programs. They also provide various recreational activities throughout the year for locals to take part in such as fishing days on the river, parades during holidays, and festivals during summer months. Overall, the local politics in York aim to improve life for its citizens while maintaining fiscal responsibility with taxpayers' money.
The political climate in York, MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam County, MO is very conservative. In Putnam County, MO 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Putnam county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.0% to 15.3%.
Putnam county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
York, MO is strongly conservative.
Putnam 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.
York, 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 York, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)