The small town of Airport Drive, MO is located in the northwest corner of the state. With a population of just over 3,000 people, it is a tight-knit community with strong ties to their local government. Residents take pride in their government and take part in politics by voting in local elections. The two main political parties represented in Airport Drive are the Democratic and Republican Parties. Local candidates campaigning for office often host events throughout town to reach out to voters and connect with them on issues that affect them directly. Residents are passionate about their beliefs and opinions on how best to govern the town and its people. They show up in droves during election season to make sure their voices are heard. By actively participating in local politics, residents of Airport Drive ensure that their opinions count when it comes to deciding who will represent them at city hall.
The political climate in Airport Drive, MO is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, MO is very conservative. In Jasper County, MO 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jasper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Jasper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Airport Drive, MO is strongly conservative.
Jasper County, Missouri is very conservative.
Joplin Metro Area 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.
Airport Drive, 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 Airport Drive, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 928 contributions totaling $290,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,050 contributions totaling $3,923,853 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,737 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)