Platte County, MO is a rural area located in the northwest corner of Missouri. The county is home to several small towns and communities, and is governed by a board of commissioners. Each commissioner represents one of the five districts in the county. The commissioners are elected by the residents of their respective districts to serve four year terms. In addition to the commissioners, Platte County also has representatives from both major political parties on the ballot for local elections. These candidates are typically from within the local community, and often have deep roots in Platte County. They provide a unique perspective on how laws and regulations should be crafted in order to best serve their constituents. The citizens of Platte County understand that working together with cooperation and compromise will help ensure that everyone's voice is heard and respected when it comes to making decisions that affect their lives.
The political climate in Platte County, MO is leaning conservative.
In Platte County, MO 47.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Platte county remained Republican, 50.5% to 47.5%.
Platte county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Platte County, MO is leaning 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.
Platte, 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 Platte County, MO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,743 contributions totaling $615,499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,028 contributions totaling $333,127 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)