La Tour, MO is a small town with a close-knit community. While the population of La Tour is relatively small, residents take politics seriously and are active in local political discourse. The town’s main source of employment is the local sawmill, which has been run by generations of the same family since it was founded over a hundred years ago. However, times have changed and many people are invested in making sure that their town follows modern practices. Recently, a new mayor has been elected to push for more progressive policies in the city. The Mayor has proposed initiatives such as investing in renewable energy sources and increasing access to basic services like healthcare and education. Residents are eager to see how these ideas will play out and look forward to seeing how their town will develop in the future.
The political climate in La Tour, MO is very conservative.
Johnson County, MO is very conservative. In Johnson County, MO 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.1%.
Johnson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Tour, MO is very conservative.
Johnson County, Missouri is very conservative.
Warrensburg 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.
La Tour, 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 La Tour, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $995 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $16,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $492 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)