Platte Woods, MO is a small city located in northwestern Missouri. It is home to a close-knit community of approximately 800 residents who share strong values and work together to make their town a better place for everyone. Politically, the town is represented by local officials elected by the citizens of Platte Woods. The mayor oversees day-to-day operations and makes sure that the township’s laws are enforced. Citizens can also vote for other officials such as City Council members or Board of Education members who are responsible for creating and approving budgets, managing infrastructure projects, setting taxes, and more. Local elections give citizens an opportunity to use their voices to help shape the future of their town and make sure that the decisions made reflect the wishes of its inhabitants.
The political climate in Platte Woods, MO is leaning liberal.
Platte County, MO is leaning conservative. In Platte County, MO 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Platte Woods, MO is leaning liberal.
Platte County, Missouri is leaning 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.
Platte Woods, 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 Platte Woods, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,250 contributions totaling $137,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $69,890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)