Lake Lotawana, MO is a small town located in eastern Missouri. It has a population of around 3,500 people and is governed by an elected Board of Aldermen. The current mayor of Lake Lotawana is Bob Andrews who was elected in 2019. The Board of Aldermen meet regularly to discuss local issues that affect the community such as infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Local political candidates are elected by the citizens through regular elections and they focus on representing the interests of their constituents. In recent years there has been an increase in voter turnout and engagement with the political process in Lake Lotawana as residents become more involved and informed about local matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in Lake Lotawana, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, MO is moderately liberal. In Jackson County, MO 59.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.8% to 37.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Lotawana, MO is leaning liberal.
Jackson County, Missouri is moderately liberal.
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.
Lake Lotawana, Missouri: D D D D D D
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 Lake Lotawana, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,997 contributions totaling $458,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,239 contributions totaling $413,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)