Belton, MO is a small city in the middle of the state with a population of around 25,000 people. As such, it has its own local politics which are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The most recent mayoral election saw an incumbent councilman from the Republican Party being elected to office for another term. The town has six city council members who are all appointed by the mayor and serve four-year terms. The most recent city council elections were held in 2018 and saw four Republicans and two Democrats join the council. Belton also holds regular elections for school board members who manage educational issues within the district. In addition to this, Belton citizens will have their voices heard through various ballot initiatives that come up each year in local and state races.
The political climate in Zip 64012 (Belton, MO) is strongly 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
Zip 64012 (Belton, MO) is strongly conservative.
Belton, Missouri is strongly 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.
Belton, 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 zip 64012 (Belton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,055 contributions totaling $67,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $105,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)