Rives, MO is a small town with a population of 8,099 people according to the latest census. The politics in Rives, MO are led by a mayor. Currently, Mayor Charles Smith is running for reelection and has been an advocate for many civic programs and improvements to the town. He has the support of many locals who appreciate his commitment to making Rives a better place to live. In addition to Mayor Smith, there are three local political candidates running for open positions on the council. Clark Johnson is campaigning for the position of City Treasurer, while Richard White and Anna Lucas are both vying for the District 5 Council seat. All three candidates have shown dedication to improving their hometown in different ways, and each one will bring their own unique perspective on how best to manage Rives’s affairs if elected.
The political climate in Rives, MO is strongly conservative.
Dunklin County, MO is very conservative. In Dunklin County, MO 21.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dunklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.1%.
Dunklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rives, MO is strongly conservative.
Dunklin County, Missouri is very conservative.
Kennett 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.
Rives, 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 Rives, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 328 contributions totaling $10,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $5,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)