Pleasant Hill is a small town located in Missouri that prides itself on having a close-knit community. It is known for its vibrant downtown area, great schools, and friendly people. Although it is a relatively small town, Pleasant Hill has an active political climate. Citizens of the town are passionate about their local issues and work together to ensure their voices are heard. Residents have the opportunity to get involved by attending city council meetings and participating in town hall discussions where they can express their opinions on important topics. In addition, Pleasant Hill holds regular elections for candidates who are running for office both locally and nationally. This creates an atmosphere of civic engagement as citizens come together to discuss different points of view and create meaningful change in their community.
The political climate in Pleasant Hill, MO is moderately conservative.
Cass County, MO is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MO 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 33.1%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Hill, MO is moderately conservative.
Cass County, Missouri is strongly 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 Hill, 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 Hill, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 938 contributions totaling $45,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 379 contributions totaling $73,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)