Plato, MO is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Missouri. Despite its small size, it has an active political environment with plenty of opportunities for citizens to get involved and have their voices heard. Local elections are held regularly, with current candidates offering an array of ideas for improving the town. Community members can take part in town meetings and workshops or join local political groups as a way to stay informed and engaged. Residents can also participate in local campaigns when they choose and make their opinions known to important decision makers. Plato, MO is a great place to learn about politics and become an active participant in local civic life.
The political climate in Plato, MO is very conservative.
Texas County, MO is very conservative. In Texas County, MO 15.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Texas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.2%.
Texas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plato, MO is very conservative.
Texas 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.
Plato, 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 Plato, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)