Lathrop, MO is a small town located in Clinton County with a population of around 1,800 individuals. The city is governed by a mayor-council system and the current mayor is Robert Gann. The council members include William Bostian, Kenneth Kasper, Andrew Nelson, and Mark McEntire. All of the elected officials work together to ensure that the residents of Lathrop are provided with essential services such as police protection and infrastructure maintenance. In addition to the elected officials, there are various committees in place that help to shape policy and programs for the town. These committees include the Planning and Zoning Commission, Parks Board, Library Board, Street Committee and Economic Development Committee. Every year local elections are held to decide who will be on these governing bodies and represent the community. Overall, politics plays an important role in ensuring that Lathrop remains a safe and vibrant city for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 64465 (Lathrop, MO) is very conservative.
Clinton County, MO is very conservative. In Clinton County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 64465 (Lathrop, MO) is very conservative.
Lathrop, Missouri is very conservative.
Clinton County, Missouri is very 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.
Lathrop, 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 64465 (Lathrop)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $16,021 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $7,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)