Atchison County, Missouri is located in the Northeast corner of the state and is home to a diverse population of citizens. Politically, the county is largely conservative and Republican in orientation, with Republicans occupying most offices at the local and state level. Atchison County residents actively participate in national and statewide elections, often turning out in large numbers to vote on important issues. Local politics are largely focused on economic development and creating a better quality of life for its citizens. A number of initiatives have been taken by elected officials over the past decade to promote economic growth through various tax incentives and investment opportunities. Furthermore, Atchison County has a vibrant civic community that regularly engages in local electoral activities such as town hall meetings, candidate forums, and voter registration drives. While there are no current local political candidates from Atchison County running for office at this time, this could certainly change in the near future as more individuals become active in their local government.
The political climate in Atchison County, MO is very conservative.
In Atchison County, MO 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atchison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.0%.
Atchison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atchison County, MO is very conservative.
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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.
Atchison, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Atchison County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $5,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $23,430 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)