Big Lake, MO is a small city with a population of approximately 7,000. It is served by a mayor and five-member board of aldermen who are elected by the citizens to represent them in local government. The mayor and board members work together to make decisions that benefit the city's residents and businesses. They are responsible for several aspects of the city's operations including budgeting, setting policy, managing contracts, approving ordinances, and more. The political atmosphere in Big Lake is generally calm and civil with all candidates attempting to create solutions that will benefit the entire community. There is an active civic engagement between citizens and their representatives in City Hall which helps promote positive relations among all stakeholders in the city.
The political climate in Big Lake, MO is strongly conservative.
Holt County, MO is very conservative. In Holt County, MO 14.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Holt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.3% to 14.4%.
Holt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Lake, MO is strongly conservative.
Holt 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.
Big 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 Big Lake, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)