Amsterdam, Missouri is a small city located in the southwest corner of St. Clair County. It prides itself on being a friendly and safe community where its residents can live, work, and play. Politically speaking, Amsterdam operates under the mayor-council form of government with a six-member board composed of five council members and one mayor. The mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer and is elected for two-year terms while all other council members serve four year terms. The Mayor and City Council are responsible for enacting and enforcing laws that govern the city within the protection of state laws. All matters concerning budgeting, taxation, services, ordinances, etc are determined by this governing body. Local elections are held every April where citizens can vote for their preferred candidates to make up the makeup of this governing body. Overall, politics in Amsterdam are focused on ensuring the safety and well-being of its citizens through a transparent process that encourages participation from its citizens in order to create a prosperous environment for all involved.
The political climate in Amsterdam, 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
Amsterdam, 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.
Amsterdam, 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 Amsterdam, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $3 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)