The city of Park Hills, MO is governed by a mayor and four members of the Board of Aldermen. These five elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the lives of the city's citizens, such as creating laws, setting taxes, and approving budgets. They also work with local organizations to ensure the city is meeting its needs and striving for economic growth. Every four years, citizens have the opportunity to vote in elections for these positions and choose who will represent them in government. The individuals chosen to serve strive to be accessible and responsive to citizens' needs while putting the best interests of their constituents at heart.
The political climate in Park Hills, MO is moderately conservative.
St. Francois County, MO is very conservative. In St. Francois County, MO 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Francois county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.1% to 25.1%.
St. Francois county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park Hills, MO is moderately conservative.
St. Francois County, Missouri is very conservative.
Farmington 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.
Park Hills, 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 Park Hills, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 856 contributions totaling $92,762 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 661 contributions totaling $143,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)