Leisure Lake, Missouri is a small suburban town located in the Midwestern United States. The local politics here are mainly focused on representing the interests of this close-knit community and ensuring the safety and well-being of its residents. The city council works hard to provide services such as road maintenance, public schools, and parks while also keeping taxes low for its citizens. Local elections are typically uncontested with most residents agreeing on their preferred political candidates. In addition to the city council, Leisure Lake has several government officials who work diligently to serve their constituents and ensure that all voices are heard in the local political arena.
The political climate in Leisure Lake, MO is very conservative.
Grundy County, MO is very conservative. In Grundy County, MO 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grundy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.0%.
Grundy county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leisure Lake, MO is very conservative.
Grundy 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.
Leisure 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 Leisure Lake, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $3,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)