Politically speaking, Pike, MO is made up of a diverse mix of views and ideas. The city has a variety of local political organizations that are actively engaged in local and state government. Local politics in Pike are often focused on issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety, economic development and social services. There are many passionate individuals who advocate for their communities by attending meetings of city councils and county commissions. Political candidates running for office in Pike have to be well versed in the issues that affect the community and should work to build strong relationships with citizens by having an open dialogue about the issues that matter most to them. Ultimately, it will be up to Pike's residents to decide which candidates they believe can best represent their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Pike, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard County, MO is very conservative. In Stoddard County, MO 13.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stoddard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.5% to 13.5%.
Stoddard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pike, MO is strongly conservative.
Stoddard 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.
Pike, 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 Pike, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 841 contributions totaling $97,502 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 395 contributions totaling $170,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)