Pleasant Hope, Missouri is a small town located in southwestern Missouri that is home to about 977 people. The local politics of Pleasant Hope are mostly dominated by the Republican Party. In the recent election, all three members of the Board of Aldermen were Republicans. The Mayor is also a member of the Republican Party and has been for many years. There is strong community involvement in municipal issues which includes addressing traffic concerns, providing financial assistance to small businesses, and maintaining public safety. Residents have numerous opportunities to get involved with local politics including attending regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen and joining area organizations or committees. Overall, Pleasant Hope residents are proud of their town and enjoy being part of the decision-making process when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Pleasant Hope, MO is very conservative.
Polk County, MO is very conservative. In Polk County, MO 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.1%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Hope, MO is very conservative.
Polk County, Missouri is very conservative.
Springfield 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.
Pleasant Hope, 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 Pleasant Hope, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 533 contributions totaling $22,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $43,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)