Lathrop, MO is a small city located in Northcentral Missouri. The city has a mayor-council government system with the mayor and four councillors serving to represent the interests of residents. The current mayor is Bob Anderson, who was first elected in 2018 and was re-elected in 2020. The City Council consists of four members: Mike Smith, John Johnson, Jeff Brown and Alice Turner. Council meets every second Tuesday of each month to discuss issues related to local services and development projects for Lathrop’s citizens. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, there are various administrative staff members who handle day-to-day operations of the city’s government affairs. Residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by attending council meetings or voicing their opinions on matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Lathrop, MO is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, MO is very conservative. In Clinton County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lathrop, MO is strongly conservative.
Clinton 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.
Lathrop, 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 Lathrop, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $16,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $7,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)