Higginsville, Missouri is a small city located in Lafayette County. Although it is not particularly large, the politics of the area are important to its citizens. The local government is committed to providing quality services to its residents and keeping taxes low. The mayor and city council regularly work together on initiatives to improve the community and create a better quality of life for all citizens. Local elections often feature multiple candidates vying for positions on the city council or mayor's office. These races typically focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, crime prevention and more. Residents of Higginsville take an active role in selecting their representatives and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes time to vote each election cycle.
The political climate in Higginsville, MO is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, MO is very conservative. In Lafayette County, MO 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 26.2%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Higginsville, MO is moderately conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Higginsville, 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 Higginsville, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 706 contributions totaling $157,042 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $22,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)