The small town of Mount Pleasant, MO is a bustling community with an engaged political atmosphere. Citizens of the town actively participate in the local political process and are regularly updated on current events and issues through local media outlets. Although there are no specific names of local political candidates mentioned in the content, it is safe to assume that there are several individuals who have put their name forward for various roles in the town's politics. These individuals all share a common goal; to serve their constituents by making decisions that will benefit the whole community. The citizens of Mount Pleasant take pride in their involvement in this process and often get together to discuss upcoming elections and issues that may affect them.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, MO is very conservative. In Bates County, MO 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bates county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.8%.
Bates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates 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.
Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $5,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $24,382 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)