Adrian, MO is a small town in Bates County located in the state of Missouri. It has a vibrant local political atmosphere, with several city and county-level elected officials representing its citizens. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council members, as well as the county executive and commissioner seats. Residents of Adrian take their civic duties seriously and always turn out to cast their ballots for candidates who reflect their values and beliefs. The current mayor is Bill Smith, who was elected in 2020 after achieving an overwhelming majority of the votes. He has worked diligently since taking office to implement policies that benefit the people of Adrian. Beyond this, he has also sought to create an environment of collaboration between local businesses, government agencies, and non-profit organizations to ensure that everyone can work together towards common goals.
The political climate in Adrian, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, MO is very conservative. In Bates County, MO 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bates county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.8%.
Bates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adrian, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, Missouri is very 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.
Adrian, 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 Adrian, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $1,196 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $12,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)