Peculiar, MO is a small town in Missouri that consists mainly of rural areas. The town has several local businesses and is known for its unique culture and values. Politically, the people of Peculiar have historically been conservative. The main platform of the politicians who run for office there tend to focus on supporting the local economy, creating jobs, maintaining low taxes, and upholding traditional values. Although no specific candidates are mentioned here, Peculiar generally elects members of the Republican Party to represent them in local elections. In recent years though, there has been an increase in nonpartisan voters in the area which could lead to changes in the political climate here in the future. Overall, Peculiar continues to be politically conservative but it's open to growing and adapting with the times as well.
The political climate in Peculiar, MO is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MO is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MO 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peculiar, MO is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Missouri is strongly 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.
Peculiar, 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 Peculiar, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,143 contributions totaling $75,171 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 527 contributions totaling $129,970 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)