The small town of Pleasant Gap, MO has been around for over a century and is known for its historical charm. Despite its small size, the community is actively engaged in local politics and takes an active role in their political representation. Local elections are held every couple of years to ensure that the voices of the people are heard on pertinent issues. Pleasant Gap is home to several political organizations and parties that are dedicated to providing citizens with important information about current events, candidates, policies, and legislation. Citizens regularly attend local political meetings to voice their opinions on these matters and discuss solutions with their representatives. Overall, Pleasant Gap remains committed to upholding the democratic rights of its citizens while striving for positive change and progress in the community.
The political climate in Pleasant Gap, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, MO is very conservative. In Bates County, MO 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bates county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.8%.
Bates county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Gap, MO is strongly conservative.
Bates County, Missouri is very 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.
Pleasant Gap, 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 Gap, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $4,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $12,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)